title: [Diagnostic evaluation of cardiovascular autonomic function in patients with diabetes mellitus].
abstract: Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy is a common complication of diabetes mellitus. There are several diagnostic methods currently used. New techniques are described. The purpose of this review paper is to describe and analyze the clinical relevance of all this methods and propose an algorithm for the diagnosis of the cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy at daily medical practice.
authors.affiliation: División de Investigación Clínica del Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chávez, México, DF.
authors.forename: Manlio F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Márquez
authors.forename: Ayax
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sobrino
authors.forename: Maite
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vallejo
authors.forename: Antonio G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Hermosillo
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guzmán
authors.forename: Sergio M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Férez-Santander
authors.lastname: Jáuregui-Renaud
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cárdenas
mesh_terms: D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000294:innervation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans