Aims We examined the usefulness of BNP for screening for left ventricular (LV) diastolic
dysfunction in a sample of type 2 diabetic patients, without structural heart disorder, who
have never presented symptoms or signs of heart failure (HF). Methods and results Seventy-
six consecutive patients admitted to the Outpatient Diabetes Clinic were studied. Blood
samples were analyzed using the Triage BNP fluorescence immunoassay (Biosite
Diagnostics, La Jolla, CA, USA). Echocardiography examinations were performed, with no …

… Aims: We examined the usefulness of BNP for screening for left ventricular (LV) diastolic
dysfunction in a sample of type 2 diabetic patients,without structural heart disorder, who have
never presented symptoms or signs of heart failure (HF). … Early flow propagation (EFP),
evaluated by color M-mode Doppler, has been demonstrated to be a diastolic function parameter
with an excellent correlation with rela~xation constant "tau", and is relatively independent of the
LV pre and a£terload. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diastolic function in patients …