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ea0016p231 | Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases | ECE2008

Cardiac autonomic and peripheral neuropathy in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients

Kurashvili Givi , Kurashvili Ramaz , Khelashvili Maia , Tsutskiridze Liana , Shelestova Elena , Kobaidze Manoni

Background and aims: At diagnosis 20–30% of patients (pts) with type2 diabetes (T2DM) have neuropathy, that often goes unrecognized. Cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is associated with 5-fold risk of mortality. As today there is no specific treatment for overt neuropathy, it is important to use prevention and timely revealing. The goal of the work was to evaluate prevalence of peripheral neuropathy and CAN in pts with newly diagnosed T2DM.Material...