right chambers of the heart in early diabetes

What is it about?

The majority of studies describe the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy in the later stages of diabetes and have aimed to reveal changes in the left chambers of the heart. However, the disturbances of the right heart chambers in patients with diabetes, in the presence of cardiac insufficiency, pulmonary hypertension or previous myocardial infarction, greatly affect quality of life, and survival prognosis. Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine the specific features of morphological restructuring of the heart in the early stage of experimental DM. The results indicated that, in early stage diabetes, hypertrophy and violation of myocardial microcirculation (both aggregation and agglutination of RBCs) occurred predominantly in the right chambers of the heart.

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Why is it important?

Conducted results are essential not only for researchers, but also for cardiologists and endocrinologists, forcing them to take into account the disturbances of the right heart chambers.