ESPE Abstracts

Objective: To evaluate cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) in type 1 Diabetics and to detect its relation to coronary artery calcification.Patients and methods: It is a cross sectional study included 62 diabetics and 30 controls. Clinical, laboratory assessment and 24 h holter were done for all patients and controls and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring by multisclice CT was done for all patients only. t-test, Mann–Whitney U-test ...

Objective: To compare resistivity index (RI) in type 1 diabetic patients and normal controls, secondly to evaluate whether high RI is associated with different biomarkers of diabetic nephropathy (DN) as early detection of DN offers the best chance of delaying or possibly preventing progression to end-stage renal disease.Patients and methods: The study included 62 type 1 diabetic patients and 30 healthy volunteer of the same age and sex. Blood sample was ...