AIMS: To assess the effects of diabetes mellitus (DM) on myocardial collagen accumulation, myocardial relaxation, and prognosis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). METHODS: A total of 102 consecutive DCM patients with a New York Heart Association functional class of I or II were enrolled. Patients were allocated to two groups on the basis of the presence (DCM+DM group, n = 30) or absence (DCM-DM group, n = 72) of DM. Cardiac catheterization performed and left ventricular pressure were measured in all patients. The pressure half-time (T(1/2)) was determined as an index of myocardial relaxation function. Endomyocardial specimens were subjected to histological analysis. RESULTS: The T(1/2) was significantly longer (P < 0.001) and the collagen volume fraction was significantly greater (P = 0.018) in the DCM + DM group than in the DCM-DM group. Multivariate analysis showed that DM was significantly associated with increased incidence of cardiac events (hazard ratio, 3.7; 95% confidence interval, 1.05 to 13.16; P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: The prognosis of DCM patients with DM was worse than that of those without DM. Impairment of myocardial relaxation, increased myocardial fibrosis, and mitochondrial degeneration associated with DM may underlie this difference.
AIMS: To assess the effects of diabetes mellitus (DM) on myocardial collagen accumulation, myocardial relaxation, and prognosis in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). METHODS: A total of 102 consecutive DCMpatients with a New York Heart Association functional class of I or II were enrolled. Patients were allocated to two groups on the basis of the presence (DCM+DM group, n = 30) or absence (DCM-DM group, n = 72) of DM. Cardiac catheterization performed and left ventricular pressure were measured in all patients. The pressure half-time (T(1/2)) was determined as an index of myocardial relaxation function. Endomyocardial specimens were subjected to histological analysis. RESULTS: The T(1/2) was significantly longer (P < 0.001) and the collagen volume fraction was significantly greater (P = 0.018) in the DCM + DM group than in the DCM-DM group. Multivariate analysis showed that DM was significantly associated with increased incidence of cardiac events (hazard ratio, 3.7; 95% confidence interval, 1.05 to 13.16; P = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: The prognosis of DCMpatients with DM was worse than that of those without DM. Impairment of myocardial relaxation, increased myocardial fibrosis, and mitochondrial degeneration associated with DM may underlie this difference.
Authors: Ahmed Al-Badri; Zeba Hashmath; Garrett H Oldland; Rachana Miller; Khuzaima Javaid; Amer Ahmed Syed; Bilal Ansari; Swetha Gaddam; Walter R Witschey; Scott R Akers; Julio A Chirinos Journal: Diabetes Care Date: 2018-07-12 Impact factor: 19.112
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