Hyperglycemia can delay left ventricular dysfunction but not autonomic damage after myocardial infarction in rodents

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although clinical diabetes mellitus is obviously a high risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI), in experimental studies disagreement exists about the sensitivity to ischemic injury of an infarcted myocardium. Recently, our group...

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Main Authors: Brum Patricia C, Schaan Beatriz D, Medeiros Alessandra, Rosa Kaleizu T, Rodrigues Bruno, De Angelis Kátia, Irigoyen Maria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Online Access:http://www.cardiab.com/content/10/1/26