- ►annals.org [PDF] MJ Quinones, M Hernandez-Pampaloni, H … - Annals of internal …, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Insulin resistance is a metabolic spectrum that progresses from hyperinsulinemia
to the metabolic syndrome, im- paired glucose tolerance, and finally type 2 diabetes mellitus.
It is unclear when vascular abnormalities begin in this spectrum of metabolic effects. ... Cited by 90 - Related articles - All 4 versions
J Machac - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 2005 - Elsevier Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has advanced from primarily a research
tool to a practical, high-performance clinical imaging modality. The widespread availability of
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- ►onlinejacc.org TH Schindler, EU Nitzsche, HR Schelbert, M … - Journal of the American …, 2005 - Elsevier Invasive angiographic assessments of coronary vasomotor function have demonstrated an impairment
of endothelium-related coronary flow increases to independently predict future cardiovascular
events. It is unknown whether noninvasive positron emission tomography ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - All 14 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org E Picano - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2003 - Elsevier Over the years, the existence of a diabetic cardiomyopathy distinct from ischemic injury has been
confirmed [1], but the challenge of recognizing diabetic cardiomyopathy at an early stage, in
a noninvasive way, still remains. In this issue of the Journal, Fang et al. [2] evaluated 41 ... Cited by 43 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►snmjournals.org A Kjaer, C Meyer, FS Nielsen, HH Parving, … - Journal of Nuclear …, 2003 - Soc Nuclear Med Much evidence suggests endothelial dysfunction to be present in non-insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus (NIDDM) and to be important for the development of myocardial ischemia. Endothelial
function in the coronary vessels may be studied in various ways. We compared the effect ... Cited by 39 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
M Momose, C Abletshauser, J Neverve, SG Nekolla … - European Journal of …, 2002 - Springer Abstract. In diabetic patients, a number of studies have suggested an impairment of vascular
reactivity in re- sponse to vasodilatory stimuli. The pattern of dysregula- tion at the coronary microcirculatory
level, however, has not been clearly defined. Thus, it was the aim of this study to ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org A Nitenberg, S Ledoux, P Valensi, R Sachs, I Antony - Diabetes, 2002 - Am Diabetes Assoc Dilation of coronary vessels is impaired in diabetic patients when myocardial metabolic demand
is increased. Deferoxamine (DFX) restores a normal dilation of epicardial coronary arteries. To
assess the effects of DFX on metabolic coronary microvascular dilation in type 2 diabetic ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►diabetesjournals.org A Nitenberg, P Valensi, R Sachs, E Cosson, JR … - Diabetes Care, 2004 - Am Diabetes Assoc RESULTS—Average diameter change was 17.2 ± 10.4% in the control subjects, dilation occurred
in 91.1% of subjects, no change occurred in 8.9%, and there was no constriction. Average diameter
change was −14.4 ± 12.1% in diabetic patients (P < 0.001 vs. control subjects), ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►snmjournals.org TH Schindler, EU Nitzsche, M Olschewski, I … - Journal of Nuclear …, 2004 - Soc Nuclear Med The aims of this study were to determine whether responses in myocardial blood flow (MBF)
to the cold pressor testing (CPT) method noninvasively with PET correlate with an established
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A Avogaro, S Vigili de Kreutzenberg, C Negut, A … - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier Patients with diabetes mellitus have a >3-fold increased risk of coronary ischemic events and
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