Beneficial effects of ramipril on myocardial diastolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus,normal LV systolic function and without coronary artery disease: a prospective study using tissue Doppler

Abstract

Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors can improve cardiovascular outcome in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Myocardial diastolic function (Ve) is a known marker of cardiovascular prognosis. It could potentially indicate the effects of preventive therapy if evaluated by tissue Doppler. We tested the hypothesis that treatment with the ACE inhibitor ramipril has beneficial effects on Ve.

In this study, 16 subjects on insulin therapy (eight receiving 10 mg ramipril/day compared to eight matched controls who were not treated with an ACE inhibitor) were followed up for a period of nine months. Myocardial and vascular function were assessed by tissue Doppler and ultrasound.

In the ramipril group, Ve improved significantly after nine months of treatment (7.8±0.9 cm/s to 8.6±0.9 cm/s, p<0.04). Systolic blood pressure and intima media thickness (IMT) demonstrated a trend towards improvement. In controls, Ve remained unchanged and there was a trend towards deterioration in stiffness index beta (p<0.07).

In conclusion, the observed improvement of myocardial diastolic function with ramipril in patients with T2DM is an encouraging result. It might contribute to the overall improvement that has been observed with hard cardiovascular end points.

Keywords

angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition myocardial diastolic function ramipril type 2 diabetes mellitus

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