Hepatic rather than cardiac steatosis relates to glucose intolerance in women with prior gestational diabetes.

<h4>Background</h4>Increased myocardial lipid accumulation has been described in patients with pre- and overt type 2 diabetes and could underlie the development of left-ventricular dysfunction in metabolic diseases (diabetic cardiomyopathy). Since women with prior gestational diabetes (p...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Winhofer, Martin Krššák, Peter Wolf, Andrea Tura, Christian-Heinz Anderwald, Lana Kosi, Gert Reiter, Giovanni Pacini, Siegfried Trattnig, Anton Luger, Michael Krebs, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24621572/?tool=EBI