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ArticleScientific reports2024

Lower left atrial function in young individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus compared to healthy controls: an echocardiographic study.

Cecilia Fridolfsson, Johanna Thegerström, Karin Åkesson, Jan Engvall, Peter Blomstrand

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Article in Scientific reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Left Atrial Strain in Pediatric Cardiology: Evidence to Date and Future Directions.Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography · 2026
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  3. Physical Exercise Before Long-Term Electrocardiogram May Enhance the Assessment of Nocturnal Heart Rate Variability in Young Individuals With Type 1 Diabetes Melltius.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Cecilia FridolfssonDepartment of Clinical Physiology in Kalmar, Region Kalmar County, Kalmar, Sweden. cecfr027@student.liu.se.
Johanna ThegerströmDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Karin ÅkessonDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Jan EngvallDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Peter BlomstrandDepartment of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Jönköping University · SELandstinget i Kalmar län · SELinköping University Hospital · SELinnaeus University · SERyhov Hospital Jönköping · SE

Funding

Forskningsrådet i Sydöstra Sverige FORSS-853971Forskningsrådet i Sydöstra Sverige FORSS-969280
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In adulthood, individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus may develop a condition of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. However, subclinical changes to the heart in diabetes are likely to occur prior to the clinical presentation. This cross-sectional study aimed to compare left atrial function by echocardiography between 43 individuals with type 1 diabetes and 43 healthy controls, aged 10-30 years. All participants underwent echocardiography and 2D speckle tracking measurements for left atrial phase function parameters. Physical capacity was assessed by exercise test on a bicycle. Results showed that participants with type 1 diabetes had significantly lower left atrial function parameters than healthy controls (p < 0.05). There was a significant negative correlation between HbA1c means and reservoir and conduit strain (p < 0.05) and individuals with BMI < 30 showed a lower left atrial stiffness (p < 0.05). Individuals with type 1 diabetes and a higher physical capacity did not differ from their healthy peers. Results indicate that lower HbA1c levels, BMI < 30 and a higher physical capacity are favourable in terms of left atrial function in children and young adults with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Left atrial strain by echocardiography might become a new important tool in assessing heart function in T1DM.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1Atrial Function, LeftChildCross-Sectional StudiesEchocardiographyGlycated HemoglobinHeart AtriaHumansGlycated Hemoglobin

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PMID38368449
PMCPMC10874446
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