title: Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in obese persons with and without diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Forty obese diabetic patients (mean age 48 +/- 9 years) and 93 obese nondiabetic patients (mean age 43 +/- 9 years) underwent Doppler and tissue Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function before gastric bypass surgery. Moderate or severe left ventricular diastolic dysfunction was present in 24 of 40 obese diabetics (60%) and in 21 of 93 obese nondiabetics (23%) (p <0.001).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Di Stante
authors.forename: Isaac
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galandauer
authors.forename: Wilbert S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
authors.forename: John A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McClung
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alas
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salabay
authors.forename: Robert N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Belkin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology