Spectrum and characteristics of the electrocardiographic changes in children with type i diabetes mellitus

Abstract

Type I diabetes mellitus (T1D) is one of the most widespread and socially significant diseases. Well-known as a co-occurring condition with youth- onset type 1 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease manifests early after initial diagnosis as signs of cardiovascular remodeling. Growing data indicates that type 1 diabetic children and young adults experience subclinical heart dysfunction, central aortic stiffening, and accelerated peripheral vascular disease. Increased morbidity and mortality in adults have been linked to peripheral artery, heart, and cerebrovascular diseases, and early vascular alterations have been demonstrated to exist since childhood. Little is known to date concerning the development of early cardiac structural and functional problems in children with T1D. Early diagnostic is of high importance.