Relationship between early diastolic dysfunction and abnormal microvolt T-wave alternans in patients with type 2 diabetes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 408-414

  Bonapace, Stefano ^a   Targher, Giovanni ^b   Molon, Giulio ^a   Rossi, Andrea ^b   Costa, Alessandro ^a   Zenari, Luciano ^a   Bertolini, Lorenzo ^a   Cian, Debora ^a   Lanzoni, Laura ^a   Barbieri, Enrico ^a  

^a SACRO CUORE DON CALABRIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastolic dysfunction; T wave alternans; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROVOLT T WAVE ALTERNANS ABNORMALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIASTOLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 80053300742     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.110.962951     Document Type: Article

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