Association between myocardial triglyceride content and cardiac function in healthy subjects and endurance athletes.

Ectopic fat accumulation plays important roles in various metabolic disorders and cardiovascular diseases. Recent studies reported that myocardial triglyceride (TG) content measured by proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((1)H-MRS) is associated with aging, diabetes mellitus, and cardiac dysfunct...

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Main Authors: Eiryu Sai, Kazunori Shimada, Takayuki Yokoyama, Shuji Sato, Tetsuro Miyazaki, Makoto Hiki, Yoshifumi Tamura, Shigeki Aoki, Hirotaka Watada, Ryuzo Kawamori, Hiroyuki Daida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23613879/pdf/?tool=EBI