ECG Abnormalities common in T2D patients even without history of CVD: Study
People with type 2 diabetes have a two-fold higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared to the general population. In a recent study, researchers have found that ECG abnormalities are common in all people with type 2 diabetes (29.1%), including those without a history of CVD (24.0%). They also found that the prevalence of ECG abnormalities is related to traditional cardiovascular risk factors. The research has been published in the Journal of Diabetes and its Complication on 26 November 2020.
The American Diabetes Association and the joint European Society of Cardiology and European Association for the Study of Diabetes guidelines recommend a resting ECG in people with type 2 diabetes with hypertension or suspected cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, knowledge of the prevalence of ECG abnormalities is incomplete. Therefore, researchers of the Netherlands conducted a study to analyse the prevalence of ECG abnormalities and their cross-sectional associations with cardiovascular risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes.
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