proportion of left ventricular dysfunction in normotensive type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is a chronic hyperglycemic state due to multifactorial reasons that lead to the production of glycated end products which in turn leads to macrovascular and microvascular complications and finally results in multi-organ damage. The cardiovascular complications of diabetes are the most common cause of mortality among diabetic patients. Subclinical echocardiographic abnormalities may be present for a significant period before the development of these complications. Recently many studies have found that the incidence of heart failure in diabetic patients is more even in the absence of hypertension and coronary artery disease. Hence by screening the patients for these abnormalities, appropriate therapy may be initiated so that the development of these complications and disease progression can be prevented. This study aims at finding out the proportion of left ventricular dysfunction in these patients.