Left ventricular filling determined by Doppler echocardiography in diabetes mellitus.

摘要: Abstract Diabetes mellitus is associated with a high mortality from cardiac disease attributed to coronary artery atherosclerosis or systemic hypertension. Increasing evidence indicates that dysfunction occurs even in diabetics normal arteries. 1–3 In 1972, Rubier et al 1 reported 4 adult-onset diabetic patients who had cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure the absence of major Hamby 2 observed incidence diabetes their series idiopathic cardiomyopathy. Furthermore, several investigators have shown abnormalities left ventricular (LV) diastolic function are common without clinical manifestations failure. 3–6 Whether these result microangiopathic process metabolic inherent still unclear. 7 Measurement transmitral flow velocity by Doppler echocardiography has recently been be useful identifying abnormal LV filling properties variety states. 8–11 This study evaluates characteristics using pulsed echocardiography.