Role of echocardiographic left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness in the cardiovascular risk assessment of asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Autor: Gillian A. Whalley, Katrina Poppe, J. Somaratne, S. Keelan, C.M. Triggs, Robert N. Doughty, Warwick Bagg
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Internal Medicine Journal. 41:391-398
ISSN: 1444-0903
Popis: Background: Standard cardiovascular (CV) risk assessment may underestimate risk in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Cardiac and vascular imaging to detect subclinical disease may augment risk prediction. This study investigated the association between CV risk, left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) in patients with T2DM free of CV symptoms. Methods: People with T2DM without known CV disease were recruited from general practice. The 5-year risk of CV events was calculated using an adjusted Framingham equation and the prevalence of LVH and abnormal CIMT across bands of CV risk assessed. In those at intermediate risk, the number needed to scan (NNS) to reclassify one person to high risk was calculated across the group and compared in those above and below 55 years. The association between LV mass and CIMT was also assessed. Results: Mean age 57 years (SD11), 51% female. Median 5-year CV risk 14.3% (interquartile range 10.3, 19.5), 51% had LVH (American Society of Echocardiography criteria) and 31% an abnormal CIMT (age and sex criteria). In the 52% at intermediate risk, 37% had LVH and 36% an abnormal CIMT. The NNS was 1.7 using both imaging techniques, 2.7 using cardiac imaging alone or 2.8 using vascular imaging alone. Almost twice as many people >55 years had an abnormal CIMT than those
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