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Left ventricular function was assessed by means of radionuclide ventriculography in 42 patients with long-standing (13±5 yrs) insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and in eleven healthy age matched control subjects. Only diabetics were included in the study without diabetes related cardiac risk factors such as hypertension and CAD in order to evaluate diabetes specific changes of cardiac function. No differences were seen between diabetics and controls concerning heart rate and functional parameters of left ventricle in systole and diastole. The rapid filling period was not prolonged. According to our radionuclide data there is no evidence of diabetes related impairment of ventricular function in young patients with long-standing type-1-diabetes mellitus.
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Schmidt, A., Hauner, H., Großmann, G. et al. Belastungsuntersuchung bei langjährigem Typ-I-Diabetes mit der Radionuklidventrikulographie. Klin Wochenschr 67, 496–501 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01721676
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