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Asymptomatic myocardial disease has been described in relation to longstanding insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. To detect myocardiopathy in a selected group of 14 patients (aged 21-38 years, duration of diabetes 10-20 years) with insulin-dependent diabetes, we have performed equilibrium gated nuclear angiography with Fourier filtered analysis. These patients had no clinical or echocardiographic signs of cardiac disease. We examined six patients with severe proliferative retinopathy, and eight patients with no signs of retinopathy at fluorescence angiography. The global ejection fraction was within normal limits in all cases. Fourier analysis of scintigraphic data, however, revealed wall motion abnormalities (abnormal amplitude and phase shift) of the left ventricle in all 14 patients, particularly in the anterior and/or septal region. No correlation was found between the degree of wall motion disturbances and prevailing blood glucose or HbA1 concentrations or the presence of retinopathy or autonomic neuropathy. It is concluded that equilibrium gated nuclear angiography in combination with Fourier filtered analysis is a sensitive method of detecting myocardial abnormalities in patients suffering from insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus without cardiac symptoms.
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