Juvenile diabetes and the heart.
This article reviews the clinical features of heart disease in the diabetic in three categories: (1) coronary atherosclerosis (CAD), (2) autonomic neuropathy, and (3) cardiomyopathy. Particular attention is given to current methods of noninvasive assessment of cardiac function in juvenile diabetics.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009200:Myocardial Contraction