title: Metabolic syndrome with or without diabetes contributes to left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is considered a precursor of diabetic cardiomyopathy, while the metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. This study aimed to evaluate the association between LVDD, MetS and glucose metabolism disturbances classified by oral glucose tolerance testing (oGTT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The presence of LVDD was evaluated in 166 subjects with normal ejection fraction, 43 (26%) of whom had type 2 diabetes at inclusion. In subjects without diabetes, an oGTT was performed. The MetS was diagnosed as indentified by the NCEPIII-criteria, while LVDD was verified and graded according to the current guidelines. MetS was diagnosed in 97 (59%) patients, 44% of whom had known diabetes. The prevalence of LVDD was 68% in subjects with MetS vs. 19% in patients without MetS, respectively (P < 0.001). A severe form of LVDD was observed in 34% and 15% of patients with and without MetS, respectively (P = 0.001), whereupon the prevalence of mild and severe diastolic dysfunction increased with the number of MetS criteria (P= 0.001). In the MetS group, early diastolic tissue relaxation velocity (E') was significantly reduced (6.9 +/- 1.8 cm/s vs. 7.7 +/- 2.1 cm/s; P= 0.009) and the E/E' ratio was significantly higher (10.5 +/- 3.9 vs. 9.1 +/- 3.0 cm/s, P = 0.015) as compared to the group without MetS (n = 69).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  MetS was associated with a higher prevalence and severity of LVDD, whereupon coexisting diabetes aggravates these inding.Patients displaying MetS with concomitant LVDD might represent a target population in which appropriate medical care for early heart failure prevention should be initiated.
authors: Institute for Heart and Circulation Research, University Witten/Herdecke, Germany.
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