Publications by authors named "M Velussi"
Aims: Left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) (DYDA) study is a prospective investigation enrolling 960 with DM without overt cardiac disease. At baseline, a high prevalence of LVD was detected by analysing midwall shortening. We report here the incidence of clinical events in DYDA patients after 2-year follow-up and the frequency of LVD detected at baseline and 2-year evaluation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: An inappropriately high left ventricular mass (iLVM) may be detected in patients with diabetes mellitus. Several hemodynamic and nonhemodynamic factors stimulating LVM growth may actively operate in these patients. In this study, we assessed prevalence and factors associated with iLVM in patients with diabetes mellitus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM) have a higher risk to develop heart failure. Clinical guidelines emphasize the importance of early diagnosis of left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) and preventive interventions in these patients. In this study we assessed the prevalence of LVD, systolic or diastolic, in DM patients without known cardiac disease recruited in the 'left ventricular DYsfunction in DiAbetes (DYDA)' study.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Better knowledge of prevalence and early-stage determinants of subclinical left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) in type 2 diabetes would be useful to design prevention strategies. The objective of the LVD in Diabetes (DYDA) study was to assess these points in patients without established cardiac disease.
Method: Baseline clinical, ECG, laboratory and echocardiographic data from 751 patients (61 ± 7 years, 59% hypertensive) recruited by 37 Italian diabetes clinics were analysed.