TY - JOUR AU - Li, P. AB - Original article Herz2   015   ·  [Suppl  3]  40:260–268 Q.W   ang·     Y.G   ao·     K.T   an·     P.L   i DOI  10.1007/s00059-014-4186-y Department  of  Ultrasound,  Xinqiao  Hospital,  The  Third  Military  Medical  University,  Chongqing Received:1   6   July  2014 Revised:1   2   October  2014 Accepted:4     November  2014 Published  online: 11  December  2014 Subclinical impairment of left  ©  Urban  &  Vogel  2014 ventricular function in diabetic  patients with or without obesity A  study  based  on  three-dimensional  speckle  tracking  echocardiography (EASD) [3]. Eight patients were excluded Introduction Echocardiography on the basis of a history of coronary ar- Diabetes is identified as a risk factor for tery stenosis diagnosed by coronary an- All subjects underwent conventional TTE, cardiovascular events [1]. Long-term hy- giography (n=2), arrhythmia (n=3), or performed using a commercially available perglycemic irritation, metabolic distur- poor acoustic windows and imaging qual- ultrasound device (Vivid E9; GE Health- bance of lipids and proteins, as well as mi- ities (n=3). Ultimately, 77 diabetic patients care, Waukesha, WI, USA) with a linear- cro-vascular lesions can result in myocar- were analyzed. The patients were divided array probe (1.5–5.0 Hz). They were im- dial damage, manifesting mainly in left into two groups (with and without overall TI - Subclinical impairment of left ventricular function in diabetic patients with or without obesity JF - Herz DO - 10.1007/s00059-014-4186-y DA - 2014-12-11 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/subclinical-impairment-of-left-ventricular-function-in-diabetic-l8u57XFpgx SP - 260 EP - 268 VL - 40 IS - 3 DP - DeepDyve ER -