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ea0011p415 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | ECE2006

Cardiac autonomic neuropathy in relation to some components of metabolic syndrome in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients

Nishnianidze MA , Kurashvili RB , Khelashvili MG , Tsutskiridze LR , Bekaia MG

Background and Aims: Components of metabolic syndrome (MS) carry an increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). People with abnormal glucose regulation are more prone to develop complications. At diagnosis 20-30% of type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients (pts) already have neuropathy-one of the most dangerous complications. Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is associated with five-fold risk of mortality. Our aim was to study possible relation between CAN and some components of ...