Use of strain, strain rate, tissue velocity imaging, and endothelial function for early detection of cardiovascular involvement in young diabetics

Conclusions: LV strain indices and flow--mediated dilatation are impaired in asymptomatic children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus despite absence of overt heart failure and normal ejection fraction. Early detection of subclinical regional myocardial dysfunction by deformation analysis including strain and strain rate may be useful in the asymptomatic diabetic population.

Source: Annals of Pediatric Cardiology - January 16, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Atul Kaushik Aditya Kapoor Preeti Dabadghao Roopali Khanna Sudeep Kumar Naveen Garg Satyendra Tewari Pravin K Goel Archana Sinha Source Type: research