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Impaired diastolic function and elevated Nt-proBNP levels in type 1 diabetic patients without overt cardiovascular disease.
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PMID:  21072546     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy is an important complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus. Diastolic heart failure is an early manifestation of diabetic cardiac disease. Nt-proBNP is a valuable marker of ventricular dysfunction. The aim of this study was to determine Nt-proBNP concentrations in type 1 diabetic patients and determine their relationship with ventricular diastolic dysfunction (DD) and carotid artery intima media thickness (CIMT) measurements. Sixty-seven type 1 diabetic patients (30.2 ± 8.0 years; W/M: 24/43) without known cardiovascular disease and 48 healthy controls (30.5 ± 6.4 years; W/M: 19/29) were recruited. Nt-proBNP levels were measured. Conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography were used to evaluate left ventricular diastolic function and CIMT. Nt-proBNP in diabetic patients was significantly higher than in controls (38 ± 34.8 vs. 15.1 ± 12.7 pg/ml) (P = 0.004). E(a) level was higher (12.3 ± 3 vs. 10.3 ± 4 cm/s, P = 0.003) and E/E(a) ratio was lower in patients (6.6 ± 2.5 vs. 9.7 ± 5.9, P = 0.001) compared with controls. Ratio of DD was higher in patients than controls (11.1 vs. 2.1%, P = 0.01). CIMT measurements in diabetic patients were higher than controls (0.54 ± 0.11 vs. 0.48 ± 0.05 mm, P = 0.02). Logistic regression revealed age and HbA1c to be independently associated with the presence of DD. Nt-proBNP levels are elevated in type 1 diabetic patients without overt cardiovascular disease and the presence of DD is increased in diabetic patients in comparison with controls. Nt-proBNP levels do not seem to be related to the presence of DD and subclinical atherosclerosis in this group of patients.
Authors:
Dilek Yazici; Dilek Gogas Yavuz; Ahmet Toprak; Oguzhan Deyneli; Sema Akalin
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2010-11-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta diabetologica     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1432-5233     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2010 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-12     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9200299     Medline TA:  Acta Diabetol     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Marmara University Medical School, Section of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Istanbul, Turkey, dilekdy2002@yahoo.com.
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