Diabetes is associated with impaired myocardial performance in patients without significant coronary artery disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) have high risk of heart failure. Whether some of the risk is directly linked to metabolic derangements in the myocardium or whether the risk is primarily caused by coronary artery disease (CAD) an...

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Main Authors: Hansen Peter R, Hoffmann Søren, Weeke Peter, Gislason Gunnar H, Andersson Charlotte, Torp-Pedersen Christian, Søgaard Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Online Access:http://www.cardiab.com/content/9/1/3