Echocardiographic Changes in Saudi Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.

: Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among the diabetic population. Given the high prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Saudi Arabia and the high prevalence of heart failure in the diabetic population, this study assesses the echocardiographic changes in Saudi patients with type 2 DM (T2DM) compared with healthy controls. : In this retrospective case-control study, 80 patients with diabetes (45 males, age: 58.