Abstract
Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is a very frequent complication of insulin-dependent mellitus type 1, affecting the sympathetic or parasympathetic sections or both. The different impairment in the two sections might modify left ventricular function early. To evaluate this relationship, we studied 61 patients (mean age 39.6±7 years) with type 1 diabetes for more than 10 years, without coronary artery disease (CAD; negative ergometric stress test) and without other pathologies that could interfere with ventricular function. All patients underwent MONO-, 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic examination and radionuclide angiography with99Tc (RNA). According to the outcome of the Ewing tests, patients were divided into two groups: group A with two or more tests altered (26 patients with CAN) and group B with one or no tests altered (35 patients without CAN). No significant differences between the two groups were found in the systolic function parameters with either technique. In contrast, a pattern of abnormal relaxation was found for the diastolic function parameters: in group A a decrease in E-wave velocity and its time-velocity integral and an increase in A-wave and its time-velocity integral were detected with echocardiography. Moreover, RNA showed a reduced peak filling rate and an increased isovolumic relaxation time. When compared with normal values, an abnormal diastolic filling, defined as two independent echocardiography plus one RNA variable impairment, was found in 15 patients (57.6%) in group A and in only 4 patients (11.4%) in group B (P<0.001). Our findings suggest an early involvement of diastolic function in patients with CAN.
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Irace, L., Iarussi, D., Guadagno, I. et al. Left ventricular performance and autonomic dysfunction in patients with long-term insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. Acta Diabetol 33, 269–273 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571562
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