Department of General Medicine, Santosh Medical College & Hospitals, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
*Corresponding author: Gaurav Sharma, Post Graduate Student, Department of Medicine, Santosh Medical College & Hospitals, Ghaziabad, U.P., Email: mic_sharma@yahoo.com
Online published on 11 March, 2014.
India being diabetic capital, the present study was conducted to screen for cardiac dysfunctions in diabetics.
To screen silent cardiac dysfunction in type II Diabetes Mellitus and correlation with duration of type II Diabetes Mellitus by non-invasive methods.
A prospective study of 100 established cases of type II Diabetes Mellitus without history of cardiac disorder were included in the present study. Cases were further evaluated with Chest X-ray PA View; ECG and Echocardiography.
In this study the age of patients was 30–80 years (Mean age =59.08± 11.38) of which 72% were males and 28% females. 49% patients had BMI above 25. Duration of type II Diabetes was <5 years in 32% patients, 6–10 years in 44% and >10 years in 24% patients. Among 100 patients, 16 cases had evidence myocardial infarction. 55 cases have evidence of hypertension, 50 cases had dyslipidemia and 22 cases had cardiomegaly. Those who had duration more than 5 years showed more incidence of cardiac dysfunction.
Many cardiac dysfunction i.e., IHD, CHF, HTN, Arrhythmias, systolic & diastolic ventricular dysfunction have been reported in type II Diabetes Mellitus. These disorders can easily be recognized by non-invasive methods without much apprehensive of invasive procedures and financial burden.
Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Congestive Heart Failure, Dyslipidemia
