Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in obese persons with and without diabetes mellitus.
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).
Di Stante
Brian
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Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.
Galandauer
Isaac
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Aronow
Wilbert S
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McClung
John A
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Alas
Lourdes
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Salabay
Carole
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Belkin
Robert N
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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