[Prognostic value of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in patients with combination type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic heart failure].

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is often combined with chronic heart failure (CHF). Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) is widely spread complication of DM. In this work we studied effect of CAN on the course of CHF in patients with type 2 DM. We have shown unfavorable effect of CAN on the rate of development of myocardial infarction and course of CHF in patients with type 2 DM. We have demonstrated participation of CAN in pathogenesis of CHF and necessity of diagnostics of CAN in patients with combination of type 2 DM and CHF.