Screening for heart disease in diabetic subjects

The prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), coronary artery disease, and subclinical cardiomyopathy in diabetic patients without known cardiac disease is unclear. We sought the frequency of these findings to determine whether plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) could be used as an alter...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American heart journal 2005-02, Vol.149 (2), p.349-354
Hauptverfasser:	Fang, Zhi You, Schull-Meade, Rebecca, Leano, Rodel, Mottram, Philip M., Prins, Johannes B., Marwick, Thomas H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Biological and medical sciences Cardiology Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiomyopathies - blood Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis Cardiovascular disease Cholesterol Coronary Disease - blood Coronary Disease - diagnosis Diabetes Complications - blood Diabetes Complications - diagnosis Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance Echocardiography, Doppler Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases) Endocrinopathies Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance Exercise Test Female Heart attacks Humans Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - blood Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - diagnosis Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood Observer Variation Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - blood Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnosis
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