[Specific features of left ventricular remodeling in patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease residing in the Far North].

This study enrolled 202 patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary heart disease residing in the Far North. They were selected from 8753 subjects included in the Registry of performed coronary angiographies. The control group contained 196 patients with CHD and DM2 residing in the south of Tyumen region.

[Clinical features of coronary heart disease with concomitant diabetes mellitus at high latitudes].

Joint effect of diabetes mellitus (DM) and extreme natural conditions of the Far North on the clinical course of coronary heart disease (CHD) remains poorly known. Specific features of DM2 concomitant with CHD were studied in 243 of the 8573 subjects living in Far North areas of the Tyumen region and examined by coronarography (mean age 53.4 +/- 0.