Cardiac autonomic neuropathy in diabetes mellitus: prevalence, risk factors and utility of corrected QT interval in the ECG for its diagnosis

M Pappachan, Joseph; Sebastian, Joseph; C Bino, B; Jayaprakash, K; Vijayakumar, Krishnapillai; Sujathan, P; A Adinegara, L

doi:10.1136/pgmj.2007.064048

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Cardiac autonomic neuropathy in diabetes mellitus: prevalence, risk factors and utility of corrected QT interval in the ECG for its diagnosis

Published in Postgraduate Medical Journal • Apr 1, 2008

Authors:

Joseph M Pappachan

Joseph Sebastian

B C Bino

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To study the prevalence and risk factors for cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) and the utility of prolongation of corrected QT interval (QTc) in the ECG to diagnose CAN in patients with diabetes mellitus. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study conducted among patients attending the d...

Subject

Medicine

QT interval

Diabetes mellitus

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