Diabetic cardiomyopathy.

The relationship between diabetes and heart failure is complex and bidirectional. Nevertheless, cardiomyopathy as its own entity and attributable exclusively to diabetes has been and is still a subject of controversy, due, among other reasons, to the lack of a consensus definition. There is also no unanimous agreement in terms of the physiopathogenic findings present in diabetic cardiomyopathy or on its classification, which, added to the lack of diagnostic methods and treatments specific for this disease, limits the general understanding of the disease. However, studies conducted on diabetic cardiomyopathy suggest a unique physiopathogenesis differentiated from that of other conditions. Similarly, new treatments have been shown to play a potential role in this disease. The following review provides an update on diabetic cardiomyopathy.