The association between diabetes mellitus and reduction in myocardial glucose uptake: a population-based 18F-FDG PET/CT study

Abstract Background In diabetes, dysregulated substrate utilization and energy metabolism of myocardium can lead to heart failure. To examine the dynamic changes of myocardium, most of the previous studies conducted dynamic myocardial PET imaging following euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp, which in...

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Main Authors: Lijun Hu, Chun Qiu, Xiaosong Wang, Mei Xu, Xiaoliang Shao, Yuetao Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
Subjects:
FDG
PET
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12872-018-0943-9