Korean J Urol.  1994 Aug;35(8):883-886.

A Study on the R-R Wave Intervals of Consecutive EKG for the Diabetic Patients with Urologic Complications

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Urology, Eulji General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Urology, Dankook University, College of Medicine, Chunan, Korea.

Abstract

Diabetic complications such as cystopathy and retrograde ejaculation are slowly progressive disease without any specific signs and symptoms so it is difficult to diagnose its complication and prevent it. Diabetic autonomic neuropathy is known as a neurologic lesion with combined involvement in cardiovascular and genitourinary systems. The purpose of this study is to assess correlation between diabetic cystopathy and heart rate variation on consecutive EKG waves and to detect early cystopathy in patients with decreased heart rate variation. We have studied 12 cases of diabetic cystopathy and 9 cases of retrograde ejaculation who were managed in Seoul Eulji Hospital from Mar. 1992 to Aug. 1993 and concluded as follows. Diabetic patients with autonomic neuropathy shows decreased heart rate variability(HRV) (CV%: 2.16+/-0.97) than diabetic patients without autonomic neuropathy (CV%: 3.29+/-0.58, P <0.0001 ), it means that decreased HRV on consecutive EKG waves well correlates to diabetic autonomic neuropathy such as cystopathy and retrograde ejaculation so we think that the measurement of HRV provides a simple test to be concerned urologic complications such as cystopathy or retrograde ejaculation.

Keyword

R-R wave interval; Diabetes Mellitus; Autonomic Neuropathy

MeSH Terms

Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetic Neuropathies
Ejaculation
Electrocardiography*
Heart Rate
Humans
Male
Seoul
Urogenital System
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