title: [The importance of doppler echocardiography in type I diabetics].
abstract: Impaired flow through the mitral orifice in diastole is frequently encountered in patients with IHD, hypertension, cardiomyopathies and type II diabetes. The authors examined 40 type I diabetics, age 26 +/- 5.5 years, with a duration of diabetes of 15.8 +/- 7.5 years. The control group was formed by 40 non-diabetic patients comparable as to age and sex. 7.5 years. The control group was formed by 40 non-diabetic patients comparable as to age and sex. During Doppler echocardiography the ratio of early and late peak flow velocity through the mitral orifice (A/E) was evaluated and the time of isovolumic relaxation of the left ventricle (IVRT). The investigated values of A/E and IVRT were higher in diabetics than in controls (p < 0.001). Diabetics with positive microalbuminuria had higher A/E and IVRT values than diabetic with normal microalbuminuria. No relationship was found with the duration of diabetes but there is a relationship of the investigated values and compensation of diabetes (p < 0.05). At a check-up examination after six months no change of the investigated parameters was observed. The authors assume that Doppler echocardiography could become in future a non-invasive method for assessment of late complications of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Interní oddĕlení Nemocnice Milosrdných sester sv. Karla Boromejského Praha.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chlumský
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dvoráková
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000419:Albuminuria; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000652:urine; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
vernacular_title: Význam dopplerovské echokardiografie u diabetiků I. typu.