ea0016p207 | Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases | ECE2008
Smit Joahnnes
, Hammer Sebastiaan
, van der Meer Rutger
, de Roos Albert
, Lamb Hildo
, Romijn Johannes
Background: Although it has been conceived that type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) is associated with increased myocardial triglyceride (TG) accumulation, it is unknown whether this can be influenced by modifying plasma non-esterified fatty acids (NEFA) levels. We therefore determined in uncomplicated DM2 whether modifications in plasma NEFA influence myocardial TG content and myocardial function.Research design and methods: Myocardial TG content and left ve...