Regarding the effect of diabetes mellitus on left ventricular systolic function, diabetic patients with first ST-elevation myocardial infarction had reduced left ventricular systolic function, measured with speckle-tracking strain, compared with non-diabetic patients at baseline and at 6-month follow up, despite similar left ventricular ejection fraction in both groups. Similarly, according to the ischemic cascade, diastolic function is expected to be affected with variable degrees among diabetic, prediabetic and non-diabetic ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients.