Screening for and treating left-ventricular abnormalities in diabetes mellitus: a new way of reducing cardiac deaths

Lancet. 2002 Apr 20;359(9315):1430-2. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08358-7.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Humans
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / blood
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / complications
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnosis*
  • Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / therapy
  • Mass Screening
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / blood*
  • Risk Factors
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / blood
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / therapy

Substances

  • Natriuretic Peptide, Brain