Phenotyping diabetic cardiomyopathy in Europeans and South Asians.
Elisabeth H M PaimanHuub J van EykMaurice B BizinoIlona A DekkersPaul de HeerJohannes W A SmitIngrid M JazetHildo J LambPublished in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2019)
Diabetic cardiomyopathy was characterized by impaired LV diastolic function in South Asians and Europeans. Increased LV mass was solely observed among South Asian T2D patients, whereas differences in myocardial triglyceride content between T2D patients and controls were only present in the European cohort. The diabetic cardiomyopathy phenotype may differ between subsets of T2D patients, for example across ethnicities, and tailored strategies for T2D management may be required.