Clinical significance of the determination of natriuretic peptides in diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Objective: of article was to study the level of cerebral natriuretic peptide in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with diastolic dysfunction and with various types of left ventricular remodeling. Materials and methods: 256 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) who had moderate arterial hypertension (AH) and no clinical signs of chronic heart failure were examined. The control group consisted of 30 practically healthy persons, comparable in age and sex with the examined patients. All patients were determined the concentration of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) in blood plasma. The structural and functional parameters of the heart were determined by echocardiography in B- and M-modes according to the standard technique. Results: in patients with type 2 diabetes and diastolic dysfunction, the BNP concentration was 156 (84; 228) pg / ml, in patients without diastolic filling disorders — 24 (12; 38) pg / ml. The highest BNP values were found in the subgroup of patients with a restrictive type of transmitral flow. Also, BNP values were higher in the group of patients with concentric and eccentric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. Conclusion: in all patients with type 2 diabetes and concomitant moderate hypertension, even in the absence of clinical signs of CHF, there is an increase in the BNP level compared to the control group. The highest BNP values were observed in patients with severe diastolic dysfunction and unfavorable variants of LV remodeling.