Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiac Function: And Exercise Capacity in Type 2 Diabetics - Softcover

Ajayi, Ebenezer Adekunle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3847378139 ISBN 13: 9783847378136

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Studies showing the exercise test responses among Black diabetics are few with a dearth of data on patients with hypertension and diabetes,quite common among Nigerians. This study looked at cardiac function including systolic and diastolic parameters by echocardiographic method, in patients with diabetes, considered the effect of DM alone and DM and hypertension on these parameters as well as looked at those echocardiographic parameters that may be used to predict exercise capacity in this population of patients.

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About the Author

Dr Ajayi is a Fellow of the West African of Physicians and currently practise at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria. He is a young researcher with interest in cardiovascular changes in diabetes mellitus, a field he already has numerous peer- reviewed publications.

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3847378139
• ISBN 13: 9783847378136
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136