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ea0022p349 | Diabetes | ECE2010

The high prevalence of abnormal cardiac function in diabetic patients of a developing community

Bazrafshan Hamid , Ramezani Mohammad Ali , Shirafkan Ahmadali , Ahangar Hasan , Gholamrezanezhad Ali

Introduction: Cardiac complications are one of the most important long-term adverse effects of diabetes mellitus (DM), which is usually under diagnosed, as it is frequently asymptomatic. As it seems that the control of DM in developing nations is not optimal, it can be predicted that the prevalence of cardiac complications of DM is subsequently high. We assessed the prevalence of such complications in a developing community in the north of Iran.Method: T...