Echocardiography, an Indispensable Tool for the Management of Diabetics, with or without Coronary Artery Disease, in Clinical Practice

Konstantinos Katogiannis; Dimitrios Vlastos; Foteini Kousathana; John Thymis; Aikaterini Kountouri; Emmanouil Korakas; Panagiotis Plotas; Konstantinos Papadopoulos; Ignatios Ikonomidis; Vaia Lambadiari

doi:10.3390/medicina56120709

Medicina (Dec 2020)

Echocardiography, an Indispensable Tool for the Management of Diabetics, with or without Coronary Artery Disease, in Clinical Practice

Konstantinos Katogiannis,
Dimitrios Vlastos,
Foteini Kousathana,
John Thymis,
Aikaterini Kountouri,
Emmanouil Korakas,
Panagiotis Plotas,
Konstantinos Papadopoulos,
Ignatios Ikonomidis,
Vaia Lambadiari

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Konstantinos Katogiannis: Second Cardiology Department, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
Dimitrios Vlastos: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Royal Brompton Hospital, London SW3 6NP, UK
Foteini Kousathana: Second Department of Internal Medicine, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
John Thymis: Second Cardiology Department, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
Aikaterini Kountouri: Second Department of Internal Medicine, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
Emmanouil Korakas: Second Department of Internal Medicine, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
Panagiotis Plotas: Second Department of Internal Medicine, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Papadopoulos: Echocardiography Laboratory, European Interbalkan Medical Center, 57001 Thessaloniki, Greece
Ignatios Ikonomidis: Second Cardiology Department, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece
Vaia Lambadiari: Second Department of Internal Medicine, ‘Attikon University Hospital’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56120709
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 56, no. 12
p. 709

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Diabetes mellitus is a major factor contributing to the development of cardiovascular disease. As morbidity and mortality rates rise dramatically, when target organ damage develops pre-symptomatic assessment is critical for the management of diabetic patients. Echocardiography is a noninvasive and reproducible method that may aid in risk stratification and in evaluation of treatment effects. The aim of this review is to analyze the echocardiographic techniques which can detect early alteration in cardiac function in patients with diabetes.

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ISSN: 1010-660X (Print); 1648-9144 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
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