Diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance associate with left ventricular shape and torsion by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in asymptomatic individuals from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Abstract Background Although diabetes mellitus (DM) and insulin resistance associate with adverse cardiac events, the associations of left ventricular (LV) remodeling and function with compromised glucose metabolism have not been fully evaluated in a general population. We used cardiovascular magnet...

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Main Authors: Kihei Yoneyama, Bharath A. Venkatesh, Colin O. Wu, Nathan Mewton, Ola Gjesdal, Satoru Kishi, Robyn L. McClelland, David A. Bluemke, João A. C. Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12968-018-0472-9