IS DIABETIC HEART-MUSCLE DISEASE-RELATED TO CARDIAC ISCHEMIA OR AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY

Authors
IZUMI T TSUDA T KUWANO H ISHIGURO J
Citation
T. Izumi et al., IS DIABETIC HEART-MUSCLE DISEASE-RELATED TO CARDIAC ISCHEMIA OR AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY, Diabetes research and clinical practice, 30, 1996, pp. 77-83
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology","Endocrynology & Metabolism
Journal title
Diabetes research and clinical practice → ACNP
ISSN journal
01688227
Volume
30
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
S
Pages
77 - 83
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-8227(1996)30:<77:IDHDTC>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Whether diabetic heart muscle disease is related to cardiac ischemia o r autonomic neuropathy was investigated employing thallium-201 and [I- 123]meta-iodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) myocardial scintigraphy. Among isc hemic hearts, displayed by Tl-201 scintigraphy, a distinctly dilated a nd hypokinetic left ventricle could not be detected. In autonomically denervated hearts, however, well demonstrated by MIBG imaging, distinc t dysfunction was found. But, even in these hearts, interacting effect s of some concomitant complications could not be excluded.