AbstractIntroduction: The association of coronary heart disease and DM is well known, but epidemiologic and clinical data from the last 2 decades reveal heart failure also to be a major contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with DM and also develop congestive heart failure even in the absence of coronary heart diseases, hypertension or any known structural heart disease. Methodology: Written informed consent was taken from all the patients who were recruited in the study. Data was collected in the case proforma which included clinical examination. Relevant investigations were carried out and recorded. Results: The chest X-ray of patients, 4(4.4%) showed COPD, 7(7.8%) showed pneumonia and rest all patients had normal chest X-ray. ECG was reported as normal in all the patients 90(100%). Urine routine was reported as normal in 73(81.1%) of patients. Conclusion: Out of all the diastolic parameters statistically significant difference was observed in ‘A’ velocity, E/A ratio and DT parameters.
Keywords: Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction; Diabetes Mellitus; DM.