Why the study?
Is albuminuria associated with impaired global left ventricular function (LV Tei-index) in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes and preserved ejection fraction?
Population
80 consecutive asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and an LV ejection fraction ≥55%
Comparison
Presence of albuminuria vs Absence of albuminuria
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Albuminuria may mark subclinical LV impairment in asymptomatic T2D; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before clinical adoption.
Is albuminuria associated with impaired global left ventricular function (LV Tei-index) in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes and preserved ejection fraction?
In asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes and preserved ejection fraction, albuminuria is significantly correlated with subclinical global left ventricular dysfunction as measured by the Tei-index.
Parsaee et al. (2021) studied this question.