Internationale Zeitschrift für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung

Demonstration of Early Endothelial Dysfunction in Diabetics with Normal Exercise Electrocardiogram

Arif Cimen, Ahmet Ekmekci, Mahmut Uluganyan, Elif Ijlal Cekirdekci, Fatih Selcukbiricik, Faizel Osman, Ali Elitok, GokhanErtas, Mehmet Eren and Huseyin Oflaz

TDemonstration of Early Endothelial Dysfunction in Diabetics with Normal Exercise Electrocardiogram

Endothelial dysfunction is considered to be an early marker for atherosclerosis. In the present study, we evaluated carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT), and coronary flow reserve (CFR) by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in type II diabetes mellitus (DM) patients that have no ischeamic symptomson treadmill test.