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. 1979 Aug 11;56(6):207-11.

The heart in diabetes mellitus. Part I. Biochemical basis for myocardial dysfunction

  • PMID: 233046
Review

The heart in diabetes mellitus. Part I. Biochemical basis for myocardial dysfunction

L H Opie et al. S Afr Med J. .

Abstract

The heart in acutely diabetic animals is subject to multiple inhibitions of glucose metabolism caused by enhanced metabolism of free fatty acids (FFA) and ketone bodies. Such metabolic changes may impair the reaction of the diabetic heart to oxygen lack. In chronically diabetic hearts the increased deposition of triglycerides in the heart and the formation of glycoproteins may underlie the newly recognized clinical entity of diabetic cardiomyopathy.

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