[Association of antithyroid peroxidase antibodies with cardiac function in euthyroid women with type 1 diabetes mellitus - assessment with two-dimensional speckle‑tracking echocardiography].

Our results suggest that coexistence of aTPO with T1DM was associated with poorer myocardial function, particularly in the anterior and anterolateral segments, which may be related to an autoimmune factor. The impaired function of these segments is probably the first sign of myocardial systolic dysfunction in women with T1DM, which needs to be confirmed in further studies.