La Clinica terapeutica
Albuminuria as a Clinical Marker of Subclinical Myocardial Dysfunction in Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Par Elsheikh E.
Contenu en anglais
Résumé
Background
Subclinical myocardial dysfunction is common in diabetes and may precede clinically overt heart failure by several years. Albuminuria reflects systemic microvascular injury, but its relationship with the severity of myocardial dysfunction in patients with diabetes remains uncertain.
Objective
To determine whether adults with diabetes and albuminuria have greater echocardiographic evidence of subclinical myocardial dysfunction than those with diabetes and normoalbuminuria.