Circulation Journal
Online ISSN : 1347-4820
Print ISSN : 1346-9843
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In-Depth Insight Into the Mechanisms of Cardiac Dysfunction in Patients With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Using Layer-Specific Strain Analysis
Takeshi IsoKen TakahashiKana YazakiMayumi IfukuMasaki NiiToshinaru FukaeRieko YazawaAkimi IshikawaHidenori HarunaNoriyuki TakuboMika KuritaFuki IkedaHirotaka WatadaToshiaki Shimizu
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Background:Although the subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction caused by diabetes mellitus (DM) results in a high risk of death and heart failure, the details of cardiac dysfunction across a wide age range remain unclear. The aim of this study was to assess LV dysfunction in patients with type 1 DM (T1DM) using layer-specific strain analysis by echocardiography.

Methods and Results:The 52 patients (median age: 23 [range: 5–40] years) with T1DM were divided into 3 age groups (D1: 5–14 years, D2: 15–24 years, D3: 25–40 years); 78 age- and sex-similar controls were divided into 3 corresponding groups (C1, C2, and C3). Layer-specific longitudinal strain (LS) and circumferential strain (CS) of the 3 myocardial layers (endocardium, midmyocardium, and epicardium) were determined using echocardiography. Strains did not decrease in D1. Epicardial and midmyocardial CS at the basal level and LS in all layers were decreased in D2 compared with C2. CS at the basal level and LS in all layers were lower in D3 than in C3. The strains correlated with the duration of T1DM and LV wall thickness.

Conclusions:In patients with T1DM, longitudinal deformation in all layers and epicardial and midmyocardial circumferential deformation at the basal level decreased from the late teens, which correlated with the duration of the disease and LV hypertrophy.

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