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Copyright © 1997, European Society of Cardiology
Endothelial dysfunction of conduit arteries in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus without microalbuminuria
Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra University Hospital, Athens, Greece
* Corresponding author. 86 Alkionis Str., P. Faliron 17562, Athens, Greece. Tel. +30 1 9830088; Fax +30 1 7219445.
Objective: Previous studies have shown that endothelial dysfunction, an early sign of atherosclerosis, occurs in animal models of diabetes mellitus and in resistance vessels of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes. In the present study we examined whether young patients with insulin-dependent diabetes without microalbuminuria present abnormal endothelial function of large peripheral arteries. Methods: Twenty-six patients with insulin-dependent diabetes without microalbuminuria were compared with 26 normal controls and 5 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes with microalbuminuria. Brachial artery diameter was measured at rest, during reactive hyperaemic flow (endothelium-dependent dilatation) and after sublingual isosorbide dinitrate (endothelium-independent dilatation). Results: Baseline artery diameter and flow as well as the degree of reactive hyperaemia were similar in all groups compared to controls. Flow-mediated dilatation was lower in patients with diabetes without microalbuminuria (5.8±7 vs 11±7%, P=0.01) as well as in patients with diabetes without microalbuminuria (0.75±2.5 vs 11±7%, P=0.003); nitrate-induced dilatation was normal in patients without microalbuminuria and attenuated in patients with microalbuminuria. In the group of diabetes patients without microalbuminuria, those with disease duration >10 years and HbA1c >6% had the worse endothelial function. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that endothelial dysfunction of conduit arteries can be detected in patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus without microalbuminuria, probably contributing to the high prevalence of atherosclerosis in these patients.
KEYWORDS Diabetes; Endothelium; Human
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