Online ISSN: 2515-8260

CLINICAL STUDY OF CARDIAC INVOLVEMENT IN GERIATRIC TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS WITH REFERENCE TO ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY AND 2D ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

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Pradnya Mukund Diggikar,: Niraliben Hareshkumar Chaudhary,Hansini Raju Reddy

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Introduction: Cardiovascular problems brought on by ageing and the premature atherosclerosis unique to DM are the most common consequences.Thus Geriatric Diabetic patients have a high prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Coronary Artery diseases,Heart failure,Diabetic Autonomic cardiomyopathy causing arrhythmias are more common type of cardiovascular diseases in these group of patients. Materials and Methods: The present prospective cross sectional hospital based observational study was conducted among 150 Geriatric patients with Type 2 diabetes Mellitus. A detailed clinical history was taken from all the patients regarding symptoms of Diabetes Mellitus Type 2. The data was collected and entered into a spread sheet application (Microsoft9 Excel ). Results: Majority of the study participants were among 60-70 years (89.33%) and least being >80 years(0.67%) .Majority of the study participants were females with 50.67% and 49.33% were males

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