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TCTAP A-075

Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With or Without Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus: A Population-Based Cohort Study

By Lo-Chieh Ling, Shih-Hsien Sung, Chern-En Chiang

Presenter

Lo-Chieh Ling

Authors

Lo-Chieh Ling1, Shih-Hsien Sung2, Chern-En Chiang1

Affiliation

Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan1, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan2
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TCTAP A-075
Diabetes

Asymptomatic Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Patients With or Without Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus: A Population-Based Cohort Study

Lo-Chieh Ling1, Shih-Hsien Sung2, Chern-En Chiang1

Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan1, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan2

Background

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has been related toventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction and subsequent heart failure.The study aimed to investigate the prevalence of asymptomatic left ventriculardysfunction (aLVD) in subjects with T2DM, and its predisposing factors. 

Methods

Subjects without existed cardiovascular disease wereeligible for this study. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), mitral E/Aratio, peak mitral annulus tissue velocity (e¡¯), left atrial dimension (LAD),peak tricuspid regurgitation velocity (TR Vmax) were obtained by a standardechocardiographic study. Asymptomatic left ventricular diastolic dysfunction(ALVSD) was defined as LVEF< 50% and the asymptomatic left ventriculardiastolic dysfunction (ALVDD) was defined as having three or more of the fourparameters: septal e' < 7, septal E/e¡¯>15, LAD > 40mm, and TR Vmax> 2.8 m/s. All-cause mortality up to 2 years wasobtained by linking to the National Death Registry.

Results

A total of 27684 subjects (59.6¡¾17.4 years, 46.2% men, 17.7%diabetes) were included in this study(Table 1). The ALVSD patientswere older, male dominant, more prevalent with hypertension, diabetes mellitusand coronary artery disease, and had higher BMI, lower hemoglobin, andestimated glomerular filtration rate. ALVSD and ALVDD was more prevalent inpatients with T2DM than those without (4.9% vs 8.2%, P<0.001)(15.4% v.s.32.1%) (Figure 1). Age (odds ratio and 95% confidence interval: 1.04, 1.03–1.04), male gender(2.24, 1.99-2.52), T2DM (1.28, 1.11-1.46), coronary artery disease (1.38,1.14-1.68), hemoglobin (0.95, 0.91-1.00), CKD stage 3(2.02, 1.63-2.50), and CKD stage 4-5(3.95,3.06-5.09) were all independently correlated toALVSD(Table 2a). Onthe other hand age (odds ratio and 95% confidenceinterval: 1.07, 1.07–1.08), BMI (1.12, 1.11-1.13), T2DM (1.34, 1.24-1.46), hypertension (1.31, 1.20-1.43), hemoglobin (0.88, 0.85-0.91), and CKD stage 4-5(3.11, 2.58-3.76) were independently correlated to ALVDD(Table 2b). During a mean follow-upof 5.3 ¡¾ 3.6 years, there were 2625 deaths (9.5%). The Kaplan–Meier curveanalysis revealed diabetic subjects with were associated with the worstsurvival rate than those with either T2DM or ALVSD/ALVDD  (Figure 2). TheCox regression analysis revealed the ALVDD and ALVSD was related to mortality,independent of age, gender, body mass index, hypertension, coronary arterydisease, hemoglobulin, estimated glomerular filtration rate, and medication[hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval of mortality(ALVSD/ALVDD): 1.78(1.40–2.25)/1.31(1.15-1.49)].


Conclusion

ALVD has a high disease burden in patients withoutestablished cardiovascular disease, and its prevalence is higher in patientswith T2DM, which was associated with an excessive mortality rate. Therefore,early screeningand intervention should be considered in diabeticpatients.