Why the study?
Does exercise tissue Doppler echocardiography detect subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes compared to healthy controls?
Population
106 subjects: 53 patients with type 2 diabetes and 53 age and gender-matched controls. None had…
Comparison
Supine bicycle exercise with tissue Doppler… vs Age and gender-matched controls undergoing the…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May detect subclinical LV dysfunction in diabetes; hypothesis-generating for prognostic value and management impact.
Does exercise tissue Doppler echocardiography detect subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes compared to healthy controls?
Exercise tissue Doppler echocardiography reveals blunted left ventricular longitudinal functional reserve in patients with type 2 diabetes, identifying early subclinical myocardial dysfunction not apparent at rest.
Ha et al. (2007) studied this question.
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