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2336920

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Cardiovascular reflex tests are used to assess cardiac autonomic neuropathy in diabetes mellitus. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are known to alter baroreflex mechanisms. Diabetic patients are at a high risk for cardiovascular complications. In order to prove whether cardiovascular diseases reduce the diagnostic value of the cardiovascular reflex tests in diabetic autonomic neuropathy unselected groups of 274 nondiabetic and 103 diabetic patients were studied: E/I, 30/15, and Valsalva ratios, sustained handgrip test and blood pressure response to standing. Both groups were subdivided into young (less than or equal to 45 years) and older (greater than 45 years) patients and into subjects with and without CVD. In young nondiabetic patients with CVD, E/I and Valsalva ratios were significantly lower than in those without CVD. In young diabetic patients with CVD, only E/I ratios were significantly reduced compared to those without CVD. The tests reflecting sympathetic nerve function did not differ between patients with and without CVD, neither in the nondiabetic nor in the diabetic subjects. In the older nondiabetic and diabetic patients, cardiovascular reflexes were generally impaired, but did not show any difference between subjects with and without CVD. In young diabetic patients suffering from CVD, the diagnostic value of cardiovascular reflex tests is reduced as far as cardiac autonomic neuropathy is concerned. In older patients, the tests are not suitable for the diagnosis of diabetic autonomic neuropathy. More specific methods are required.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5563
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of cardiovascular diseases upon the results of the cardiovascular reflex tests in diabetic and nondiabetic subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Abteilung Innere Medizin IV, Tübingen, FRG.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article