Open AccessRole of diabetes in heart rhythm disorders
Author(s) -
Buelent Koektuerk,
Murat Aksoy,
Marc Horlitz,
İlkay Bozdağ-Turan,
Ramazan Goekmen Turan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
world journal of diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1948-9358
DOI - 10.4239/wjd.v7.i3.45
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , cardiology , atrial fibrillation , microangiopathy , stroke (engine) , myocardial infarction , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , engineering
The incidence of diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing rapidly. DM is the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases, which can lead to varied cardiovascular complications by aggravated atherosclerosis in large arteries and coronary atherosclerosis, thereby grows the risk for macro and microangiopathy such as myocardial infarction, stroke, limb loss and retinopathy. Moreover diabetes is one of the strongest and independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, which is associated frequently with rhythm disorders such as atrial fibrillation (AF) and ventricular arrhythmias (VA). The present article provides a concise overview of the association between DM and rhythm disorders such as AF and VA with underlying pathophysiological mechanisms.