DIABETIC HEART FAILURE IN A FIT MIDDLE-AGED GENTLEMAN.

Huzairi SANI,^1,2,3  Nirmalatiban Parthiban,⁴ Muhammad HANIS.^1,2

¹Cardiology unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, and Medical faculty UiTM, Jalan Hospital 47000, Sungai Buloh Selangor,Malaysia.

²Cardiac Vascular and Lung Research Institute, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia.

³Integrative Pharmacogenomics Institute (iPROMISE) UiTM Puncak Alam, Puncak Alam 42300 Selangor, Malaysia.

⁴Medical department, Sibu Hospital, 96000 Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia.

ABSTRACT     

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Malaysia has escalated exponentially in young adults. The burden of managing diabetes mellitus affects all levels from the preventive steps up to the tertiary health care providers. Heart failure is an established complication of diabetes mellitus which carries poor quality of life and outcome. Here we present a case of a fit 44-year-old gentleman with diabetic cardiomyopathy.

Keywords: Diabetic cardiomyopathy, Heart failure, Diastolic, Systolic, Dysfunction, Systolic.

Corresponding author: Dr Huzairi Sani, Cardiology Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Selangor, Malaysia.

E-mail: huzairis@gmail.com

Telephone: +603-61265000

Brunei Int Med J.2024;20:64-68