Assessment of left ventricular function in young type 1 diabetes mellitus patients by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: Relation to duration and control of diabetes

Assessment of left ventricular function in young type 1 diabetes mellitus patients by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography: Relation to duration and control of diabetes

Background: The effect of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) on myocardial function is still controversial. Aim: To examine the usefulness of speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) in detecting subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in asymptomatic T1DM patients and detect whether any LV abnorm...

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Main Authors: Sameh W.G. Bakhoum, Heba A. Habeeb, Ibrahim N. Elebrashy, Mary N. Rizk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-12-01
Series:The Egyptian Heart Journal
Subjects:
Left ventricular function
Speckle tracking echocardiography
Type 1 diabetes mellitus
Control of diabetes
Duration of diabetes
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110260815300314

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