Anand NN Author

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Prevalence of Heart Disease among Asymptomatic Chronic Type 2 Diabetic Patients

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Vinod Kumar Balakrishnan, Sangeetha Devendiran, Anand NN and Rajendran SM

Background: The burden of non-communicable diseases in India is rapidly increasing and two major diseases among them are Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Diseases. The poor prognosis of diabetic patients has been explained by a greater incidence of heart failure and the adverse impact of diabetes on heart failure, perhaps reflecting an underlying diabetic cardiomyopathy exacerbated by left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and coronary artery disease (CAD). This could be avoided if screening techniques could be used to identify LV dysfunction in its preclinical phase. This study was done to evaluate the role of BNP as a screening tool.

Methodology: This study was done as a cross sectional study among 77 diabetic patients visiting a cardia... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000319

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