BACKGROUND: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction represents the earliest preclinical
manifestation of diabetic cardiomyopathy. Right ventricular function has not been studied in …

Abstract Aims/Hypothesis: Early determination of myocardial manifestations of diabetes
mellitus is of major importance, since myocardial involvement considerably influences the …

The existence of a diabetic cardiomyopathy has been proposed as evidence has
accumulated for the presence of myocardial dysfunction in diabetic patients in the absence …

We assessed left ventricular systolic and diastolic function using pulsed‐waved Doppler
echocardiography in a selected group of 20 patients with insulin‐dependent diabetes …

OBJECTIVE To determine whether diastolic dysfunction preceded systolic dysfunction in the
evolution of diabetic cardiopathy. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 157 …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether abnormalities of left ventricular structure and
function could be detected in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients free of cardiovascular …

Although patients with type 2 diabetes demonstrate cardiac diastolic dysfunction, it is well
known that cardiac diastolic dysfunction is produced by hypertension and aging. The …

To determine the prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic,
normotensive patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, we studied 61 consecutive …

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus type II, a cause of preclinical left ventricular dysfunction
that can progress to cardiac insufficiency ventricular dysfunction in diabetic patients, is …

Objective Diabetes mellitus is an established risk factor for cardiovascular events. Aims of
the study were to assess left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in asymptomatic …