Effect of gestational diabetes and insulin resistance on offspring's myocardial relaxation kinetics at three years of age.

PURPOSE:Scientific evidence on the long-term impact of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on offspring's myocardial relaxation is scarce. Studies have linked GDM with transient ventricular hypertrophy in newborns resulting in diastolic dysfunction, but long-term assessment is lacking. The main...

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Main Authors: Samuel Blais, Julie Patenaude, Myriam Doyon, Luigi Bouchard, Patrice Perron, Marie-France Hivert, Frederic Dallaire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6248989?pdf=render