Feasibility of a text-mediated recall system to increase cardiovascular disease risk assessment in general practice: Mixed-methods pilot evaluation.

Background And Objectives: The uptake of formal cardiovascular disease risk assessment in the primary prevention setting is low. We tested the feasibility of an SMS recall system to invite eligible patients for a Heart Health Check in Australian general practice.

Method: Of 332 general practices that expressed interest in the study, 231 were randomised to either an intervention or wait list control group.

Role of microvascular dysfunction in left ventricular dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Although microvascular disease (mVD) has been linked to poor cardiovascular outcomes in diabetes mellitus, the contribution of mVD to diabetic cardiomyopathy (DC) is unexplored. We investigated whether LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction is associated with mVD in T2DM.

Methods: We recruited 32 asymptomatic patients with T2DM (age 71 ± 4 years, 31% females) from a community-based population.