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Diabetic cardiomyopathy, causes and effects
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Diabetic cardiomyopathy, causes and effects

Sihem Boudina and Evan Dale Abel
Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders, Vol.11(1), pp.31-39
03/2010
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-010-9131-7
PMCID: PMC2914514
PMID: 20180026
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Abstract

Diabetes is associated with increased incidence of heart failure even after controlling for coronary artery disease and hypertension. Thus, as diabetic cardiomyopathy has become an increasingly recognized entity among clinicians, a better understanding of its pathophysiology is necessary for early diagnosis and the development of treatment strategies for diabetes-associated cardiovascular dysfunction. We will review recent basic and clinical research into the manifestations and the pathophysiological mechanisms of diabetic cardiomyopathy. The discussion will be focused on the structural, functional and metabolic changes that occur in the myocardium in diabetes and how these changes may contribute to the development of diabetic cardiomyopathy in affected humans and relevant animal models.
Fatty Acids - adverse effects Diabetes Complications Oxidative Stress Obesity - complications Humans Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - etiology Male Myocardium - pathology Cardiomyopathies - etiology Necrosis Heart Failure, Diastolic - etiology Mitochondria, Heart - physiology Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - complications Fibrosis Female

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