Endocrine Abstracts

Background and aim: Hyperglycemia is an important pathogenetic factor, which causes abnormalities at the cardiac myocyte level, leading to structural and functional abnormalities and diabetic cardiomyopathy (DCM). It has been proposed that DCM could also occur as a consequence of other metabolic alterations. Adiponectin concentration is negatively associated with obesity, insulin resistance (IR), oxidative stress and endothelial dysfunction. It can be considered as a predictiv...