Autoimmunity-associated heart dilation tied to heart-failure risk in type 1 diabetes

(Joslin Diabetes Center) In people with type 1 diabetes without known cardiovascular disease, the presence of autoantibodies against heart muscle proteins was associated with cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging evidence of increased volume of the left ventricle (the heart's main pumping chamber), increased muscle mass, and reduced pumping function (ejection fraction), features that are associated with higher risk of failure in the general population
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news