Natriuretic peptides and heart function in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2

Abstract

Background: Diabetes is associated with a twofold to fivefold increase in the risk of heart failure, independent of hypertension, body mass index or coronary disease. The American College of Cardiology-American Heart Association recommendations for diagnosis and management of heart failure classify patient who have diabetes (but no obvious myocardial structural abnormalities) as stage A «pre-heart failure» patients and urge clinicians to try to prevent the development of overt or manifest LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction. Aims: To assess early pre-clinical heart dysfunction of type-2 diabetic patients using the biochemical markers ANP and BNP together with the echocardiography Myocardial Performance Index (MPI, TEI index). Methods: We studied a cohort of 44 asymptomatic randomly recruited type-2 diabetic patients who were free of a history of heart failure, coronary artery disease. The patients we evaluated by clinical examination and Doppler echocardiography studies with special ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/19584
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http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/19584
ND
19584
Alternative title
Νατριουρητικά πεπτίδια και καρδιακή λειτουργία σε ασθενείς με σακχαρώδη διαβήτη τύπου 2
Author
Fotiadis, Spyridon
Date
2007
Degree Grantor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
Committee members
Πλιάκος Χριστόδουλος
Γιαννούλης Ελευθέριος
Καραμήτσος Δημήτριος
Κολιάκος Γεώργιος
Παρχαρίδης Γεώργιος
Ηλωνίδης Γεώργιος
Στυλιάδης Ιωάννης
Discipline
Medical and Health SciencesClinical Medicine
Keywords
Natriuretic peptides; Heart function; Diabetes mellitus
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
131 σ., im.
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