Research method: Prospectively, cross description of 227 patients from 60 years of age or above checked up at the Ho Chi Minh City Medic medical center over the period 11/2010 to 4/2011, divided into 2 groups: research group (n = 150, group I) was the patients ³ 60 years old and who were diagnosed as type 2 diabetes with or without hypertension, ischemic heart disease accompanied; control group (n = 77, group II) was the patients ³60 years old who were without diabetes and heart disease, and agreed to undergo ultrasonography.