Abnormalities suggestive of cardiomyopathy in patients with type 2 diabetes of relatively short duration.

Abstract

Our major finding rests on the disclosure of abnormalities suggestive of cardiomyopathy in Type 2 diabetic patients with a relatively short duration of the known disease, while these alterations appeared in our study less prominent in Type 1 patients despite a longer duration of the disease. Among the various noninvasive techniques, FAECG and Doppler echocardiography used to detect late ventricular potentials and to assess left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, respectively, appear to be suitable tools.