Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

RN, MSc, George Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

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  Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiomyopathy
  Author(s): Kourkouta Lambrini, Frantzana Aikaterini, Panagopoulou Niki, Georgoudi Aikaterini, Baliou Thomais and Iliadis Christos
  
  Introduction: It seems there are changes in the structure and function of the myocardium in diabetic cardiomyopathy associated with diabetes mellitus. They are not directly attributable to other related factors such as coronary heart disease or hypertension. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to search and find the impact of diabetes mellitus on the incidence of heart disease, such as cardiomyopathy and its treatment. Review Method: A bibliographic search was conducted through "Medline" database and "Google Scholar" search engine using the keywords: diabetes, heart disease, cardiomyopathy, for the time period 2010-2020. The language except for English and Greek was the exclusion criterion for the study. Results: Diabetic cardiomyopathy is characterized by diastolic dysfun.. Read More»
  

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