TITLE “ASYMPTOMATIC LEFT VENTRICULAR (LV) DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS OF 1 TO 10 YEARS DURATION” INTRODUCTION In the year 2000, India topped the world with the highest number of people with Diabetes Mellitus with 31.7 million people affected with it, giving it a status of a potential epidemic. [1] In 2014, this figure more than doubled to 62 million of the adult population diagnosed with Diabetes. According to Wild et. al. this figure may reach nearly 80 million by the end of 2030, further establishing its status as a potential epidemic. [2] According to the recently conducted National Family Health Survey, (NFHS-4, 2015-16) 6.3% of adult women in Nalgonda suffer from Diabetes Mellitus, with Khammam having the highest prevalence at 7.6% of its adult population. [3] Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus may represent the early stage of diabetic cardiomyopathy even in patients without structural cardiac di...
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