Echocardiographic picture in diabetes mellitus.

The results of echocardiographic examination of 23 diabetics are presented. Significantly increased left ventricular posterior wall thickness and mass and elevated ratio of wall thickness to chamber radius were found in the group of diabetic patients without coronary artery disease and hypertension. The interventricular septum thickness was significantly increased only in the diabetics with hypertension.

Diabetic changes of the extra-ocular muscles in man.

Axonal and myelin changes of the degenerative type were found in the extra-ocular muscles of 21 out of 23 diabetics of all ages (30--74 years). In all these 21 cases both axonal and myelin changes were observed; they did not correlate with the duration, degree of severity or treatment of diabetes. In 19 of the 23 cases (82.