Abstract:Objective To evaluate left ventricular systolic function in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) using tissue mitral valve annulus displacement (TMAD) and the effects of metabolic syndrome (MS) on left ventricular systolic function in patients with T2DM. Methods A total of 94 T2DM patients with preserved LVEF were collected as the case group. According to whether the patients were combined with MS, the T2DM patients were divided into the combined MS group (CMS group) and the noncombined MS group (NMS group), and 50 healthy people with matching age and sex were collected during the same period as control group. Echocardiography was used to measure conventional parameters such as left ventricular diastolic volume (LVEDV), LVEF, and mitral velocity, and we used two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography to measure TMAD parameters such as mitral annulus septal site displacement (TMAD1), lateral site displacement (TMAD2), average The displacement (TMADmid), and the average displacement rate (TMADmid%). Then, we compared the differences of parameters between each group. Results The comparison of the results of conventional echocardiography parameters between the T2DM group and the control group was statistically significant (P < 0.05); compared with the control group, the LVEDV of T2DM patients was increased, and the Mitral E/A was decreased (P < 0.05), and there was no significant difference in LVEF between the groups (P > 0.05). The comparisons of the TMAD parameter results among the control group, CMS group, and NMS group were statistically significant (P < 0.05); compared with the control group, the TMAD parameters (including TMAD1, TMAD2, TMADmid, TMADmid%) of patients in the CMS group and NMS group were reduced (P < 0.05), and the TMAD parameters of the patients in the CMS group were lower than those in the NMS group (P < 0.05). Conclusions Left ventricular systolic function in patients with T2DM with LVEF preserved still decreases, and the decrease of the left ventricular systolic function in T2DM patients with MS is more significant. The TMAD parameter can be used as a new parameter for clinical evaluation of left ventricular systolic function, and has the advantages in simple operation, accuracy, and sensitivity.