WANG Junli, ZHU Zaihan, YANG Jun. Progress of echocardiography in assessment of cardiac damage in diabetes mellitus patients[J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, 2020,22(1):52-54.
WANG Junli, ZHU Zaihan, YANG Jun. Progress of echocardiography in assessment of cardiac damage in diabetes mellitus patients[J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, 2020,22(1):52-54. DOI: 10.16245/j.cnki.issn1008-6978.2020.01.020.
Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterized by elevated blood glucose
which can lead to a variety of complications
among which cardiovascular complications such as diabetic cardiomyopathy are the main causes of heart failure and even death in diabetic patients. Echocardiography can evaluate the early heart damage of diabetes mellitus comprehensively
which also plays an important role in providing evidence for clinical intervention and improving the prognosis.This paper reviews the progress of echocardiography in assessment of cardiac damage in diabetes mellitus patients.