[Early detection of changes in peripheral blood vessels in children and adolescents with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus using Doppler ultrasound].

A clinically established method for early diagnosis of a macroangiopathy in a preclinical state has not been available so far. It was therefore checked whether vascular changes in diabetics can already be detected in childhood and adolescence by determination of pulse wave velocity using the Doppler ultrasound technique. The pulse wave velocity (PWV) was determined in 63 diabetics with a mean age (mean +/- s) of 16.