Evaluating Diagnostic Ultrasound of the Vagus Nerve as a Surrogate Marker for Autonomic Neuropathy in Diabetic Patients

Conclusions: Effect sizes and mean differences were rather small so that a reliable diagnosis cannot be performed based on the vagus nerve measurement of a single person alone. Vagus nerve CSA seems not suitable as an indicator of autonomic dysfunction or cardiovascular risk in diabetic patients.PMID:36984526 | DOI:10.3390/medicina59030525

Source: Atherosclerosis - March 29, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Bianka Heiling Adriana Karl Nadin Fedtke Nicolle M üller Christof Kloos Alexander Grimm Hubertus Axer Source Type: research