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Insulin resistance and subclinical abnormalities of global and regional left ventricular function in patients with aortic valve sclerosis

BACKGROUND: Insulin resistance, as a key mediator of metabolic syndrome, is thought to be associated with pathogenesis of calcific aortic valve disease and altered left ventricular (LV) function and structure. However, in patients with aortic valve sclerosis (AVS), the association between insulin re...

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Autores principales: Utsunomiya, Hiroto, Yamamoto, Hideya, Kunita, Eiji, Hidaka, Takayuki, Kihara, Yasuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4012518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24767168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-13-86