The peculiarities of structural and functional state of myocardium and daily blood pressure profile in hypertensive patients with diabetes mellitus

Abstract

In patients with hypertension comorbid with type 2 diabetes mellitus the following changes can be observed: the increase of BP variability, predomination of concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (65% of patients) over the eccentric one (29% patients) with the formation of diastolic dysfunction and impaired LV relaxation (51% of patients).