Tag: cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy

The clinical usefulness of baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) in the early detection of autonomic dysfunction in patients withdiabetes is not well established. The aim of the study was the evaluation of BRS in subjects with type 1 diabetes with and without cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN)...

Diabetic neuropathy is the most frequent complication of diabetes [1]. Simple definition of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, useful in clinical practice describes it as “the presence of symptoms and/or signs of peripheral nerve dysfunction in people with diabetes after the exclusion of other causes” [2]. According to the classification proposed by American Diabetes Association, diabetic neuropathies are divided into two groups: generalized symmetric polyneuropathies and focal and multifocal neuropathies....

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease with increasing incidence and prevalence. In DM, there is an alteration in the cardiovascular reflex response and one of the key elements of this alteration is the impaired response from arterial baroreceptors. The deterioration in the baroreflex function in diabetic patients, its features, clinical and prognostic consequences and the potential for its reversal are discussed in this article...