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Echocardiographic Changes in Saudi Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Turky H. Almigbal
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Dina S. Almunif
,
Khaled H. Aburisheh
,
Mazen M. Barhoush
,
Reem A. Aldhahi
,
Mohammed Jamal Anabi
,
Obeed A. Alotaibi
Version 1 : Received: 4 October 2023 / Approved: 5 October 2023 / Online: 5 October 2023 (10:57:29 CEST)

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Almigbal, T.H.; Almunif, D.S.; Aburisheh, K.H.; Barhoush, M.M.; Aldhahi, R.A.; Anabi, M.J.; Alotaibi, O.A. Echocardiographic Changes in Saudi Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Medicina 2023, 59, 1985. Almigbal, T.H.; Almunif, D.S.; Aburisheh, K.H.; Barhoush, M.M.; Aldhahi, R.A.; Anabi, M.J.; Alotaibi, O.A. Echocardiographic Changes in Saudi Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Medicina 2023, 59, 1985.

Abstract

Background and Objectives: Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among the diabetic population. Given the high prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Saudi Arabia and the high prevalence of heart failure in the diabetic population, this study assesses the echocardiographic changes in Saudi patients with type 2 DM (T2DM) compared with healthy controls. Materials and Methods: In this retrospective case control study, 80 patients with diabetes (45 males, age: 58.78±10.2 years) were compared with 80 controls (45 males, age: 58.6±10 years) who underwent an echocardiographic study in the King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Results: There were no significant differences between patients with diabetes and controls in terms of aortic root diameter, left atrium diameter, posterior wall, interventricular wall thickness, left ventricular diameters and ejection fraction. However, diastolic dysfunction was statistically significantly higher in the diabetic group compared with the control group (P <0.05). Conclusions: This is the first case control study in Saudi Arabia that assesses echocardiographic parameters in T2DM patients. DM is an independent risk factor for diastolic dysfunction regardless of its association with hypertension and dyslipidemia.

Keywords

Diabetes mellitus; diabetes cardiomyopathy; echocardiography

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Endocrinology and Metabolism

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