Left ventricular diastolic function, assessed by echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging, is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events, superior to global left ventricular longitudinal strain, in patients with type 2 diabetes - Concepedia

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Left ventricular diastolic function, assessed by echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging, is a strong predictor of cardiovascular events, superior to global left ventricular longitudinal strain, in patients with type 2 diabetes

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2015

Year

Peter Blomstrand, Martin Engvall, Karin Festin, Torbjörn Lindström, Toste Länne, Eva Maret, Fredrik H. Nyström, John Maret‐Ouda, Carl Johan Östgren, Jan Engvall

European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging

Abstract

In middle-aged patients with type 2 diabetes, E/e' is a strong predictor of myocardial infarction and stroke, comparable with HbA1c and superior to GLS and LVEF.

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