Heart remodelling and its role in arrhythmia development in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension

Abstract

Left ventricular (LV) remodelling types were investigated in regard to their link to cardiac arrhythmias in patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-2) and arterial hypertension (AH) or essential AH (EAH). Hypertrophic LV remodelling types (concentric and eccentric hypertrophy) were more common in individuals with DM-2 and AH or EAH, predicting high-grade ventricular extrasystoles and supraventricular arrhythmias (including paroxysmal atrial fibrillation).

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• hypertension
• remodelling
• arrhythmias
• prognosis