Open AccessEarly detection of left ventricular dysfunction in diabetes mellitus patients with normal ejection fraction, stratified by BMI: A preliminary speckle tracking echocardiography study
Author(s) -
Lorenzo Conte,
Iacopo Fabiani,
Valentina Barletta,
Cristina Bianchi,
Ciccarone Anna Maria,
Cuono Cucco,
Marianna De Filippi,
Roberto Miccoli,
Stefano Del Prato,
Carlo Palombo,
Vitantonio Di Bello
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular echography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2347-193X
pISSN - 2211-4122
DOI - 10.4103/2211-4122.123953
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , asymptomatic , interventricular septum , glycated hemoglobin , body mass index , waist , left ventricular hypertrophy , dyslipidemia , heart failure , obesity , ventricle , endocrinology , blood pressure , type 2 diabetes
Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents by itself a major risk factor for cardiovascular events and the coexistence of obesity with consequent left ventricular volumetric overload could be responsible for further damages on left ventricular function. Aim of this study was to demonstrate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on left ventricular function in diabetes patients with no cardiovascular complications and with normal ejection fraction (EF).