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Visceral adiposity is associated with altered myocardial glucose uptake measured by (18)FDG-PET in 346 subjects with normal glucose tolerance, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes

BACKGROUND: The heart requires constant sources of energy mostly from free fatty acids (FFA) and glucose. The alteration in myocardial substrate metabolism occurs in the heart of diabetic patients, but its specific association with other metabolic variables remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate gluc...

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Autores principales: Kim, Gyuri, Jo, Kwanhyeong, Kim, Kwang Joon, Lee, Yong-ho, Han, Eugene, Yoon, Hye-jin, Wang, Hye Jin, Kang, Eun Seok, Yun, Mijin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4632263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26538247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-015-0310-4