Instituut voor Neuropathische Pijn

Cardiovascular autonomic diabetic neuropathy (CADN)

Cardiovascular autonomic diabetic neuropathy (CADN) is one of the more threatening complications of diabetes. Due to neuropathy of nerves of the autonomous part of the nervous system the heartrhytm is discturbed and cardiac irrigularities can occur. An early sign is slight disturbances of the heart rythm called cardiac variabiliy.