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Right Ventricular Deformation in Asymptomatic Children with Type I Diabetes Mellitus

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Mahmoud Soliman, Morad Beshay , Rania El Zayat and Mohamed Abu el rous

Background: Right ventricular function in diabetic children was not fully addressed. Previous reports were mainly directed for the left ventricle. Our objective was to investigate the subclinical effects of diabetes on right ventricular systolic and diastolic function in asymptomatic children with type 1 D.M. using echocardiographic two dimensional strain and strain rate. Methods: This study was conducted on 45 children with type 1 DM and 20 apparently normal children with comparable age, sex and socioeconomic status as a control group. Each patient was subjected to history taking, physical examination, routine laboratory investigations and conventional echocardiographic examination. Apical four chamber view was used for offline analysis of RV deformation data including assessment of sy... view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2324-8602.1000297

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