STUDY TO EVALUATE ECHO CARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS IN PATIENT OF TYPE II DIABETES MELLITUS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO ALBUMINURIA.

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is the most common metabolic disorder. Currently the number of cases of diabetes worldwide is estimate to be around 150 million. This number is predicted to double by 2025 (a prevalence rate of about 5.4%) with the greatest number of cases being expected in China and India.  A 34-fold excess is cardiovascular mortality was found in patients of diabetes with proteinuria whereas non-protienuria patients has only 4 folds   excess mortality compared with general population.