Quantitative Assessment of Left Ventricular and Left Atrial Functions by Strain Rate Imaging in Diabetic Patients with and without Hypertension

55 subjects with normal systolic LV function (LVEF ≥55%) and no evidence of coronary artery disease, including 17 with diabetes mellitus (DM), 22 with both DM and hypertension (HT), and 16 age-matched controls.

Age-matched controls with normal systolic LV function and no evidence of coronary artery disease (n=16)

Left ventricular and left atrial functions assessed by mean peak systolic, early diastolic, and late diastolic strain ratesurrogate