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Cardiovascular Diabetology

Ausgabe 1/2015

Inhalt (155 Artikel)

Open Access Original investigation

Glyceraldehyde-derived pyridinium (GLAP) evokes oxidative stress and inflammatory and thrombogenic reactions in endothelial cells via the interaction with RAGE

Takanori Matsui, Eriko Oda, Yuichiro Higashimoto, Sho-ichi Yamagishi

Open Access Original investigation

Higher blood aldosterone level in metabolic syndrome is independently related to adiposity and fasting plasma glucose

Jui-Kun Chiang, Chi-Ling Chen, Feng-Yu Tseng, Yu-Chiao Chi, Kuo-Chin Huang, Wei-Shiung Yang

Open Access Original investigation

Diastolic dysfunction in the diabetic continuum: association with insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes

Ricardo Fontes-Carvalho, Ricardo Ladeiras-Lopes, Paulo Bettencourt, Adelino Leite-Moreira, Ana Azevedo

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma extracellular superoxide dismutase concentration, allelic variations in the SOD3 gene and risk of myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality in people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes

Kamel Mohammedi, Naïma Bellili-Muñoz, Stefan L Marklund, Fathi Driss, Hervé Le Nagard, Thiago A Patente, Frédéric Fumeron, Ronan Roussel, Samy Hadjadj, Michel Marre, Gilberto Velho

Open Access Original investigation

Body weight and risk of atrial fibrillation in 7,169 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes; an observational study

Irene Grundvold, Johan Bodegard, Peter M Nilsson, Bodil Svennblad, Gunnar Johansson, Carl Johan Östgren, Johan Sundström

Open Access Original investigation

Involvement of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in cardiac and vascular remodeling in a novel minipig model of insulin resistance and atherosclerosis induced by consumption of a high-fat/cholesterol diet

Pan Yongming, Cai Zhaowei, Ma Yichao, Zhu Keyan, Chen Liang, Chen Fangming, Xu Xiaoping, Ma Quanxin, Chen Minli

Open Access Original investigation

Cardio-ankle vascular index is associated with cardiovascular target organ damage and vascular structure and function in patients with diabetes or metabolic syndrome, LOD-DIABETES study: a case series report

Manuel Ángel Gómez-Marcos, José Ignacio Recio-Rodríguez, María Carmen Patino-Alonso, Cristina Agudo-Conde, Leticia Gómez-Sánchez, Marta Gomez-Sanchez, Emiliano Rodríguez-Sanchez, Jose Angel Maderuelo-Fernandez, Luís García-Ortiz

Open Access Original investigation

Systemic arteriosclerosis and eating behavior in Japanese type 2 diabetic patients with visceral fat accumulation

Shiro Fukuda, Ayumu Hirata, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Hirofumi Nagao, Susumu Kashine, Takekazu Kimura, Kana Inoue, Yuya Fujishima, Masaya Yamaoka, Junji Kozawa, Tetsuhiro Kitamura, Tetsuyuki Yasuda, Norikazu Maeda, Akihisa Imagawa, Tohru Funahashi, Iichiro Shimomura

Open Access Erratum

Erratum: Vascular calcification in patients with type 2 diabetes: the involvement of matrix Gla protein

Sophie Liabeuf, Olivier Bourron, Cees Vemeer, Elke Theuwissen, Elke Magdeleyns, Carole Elodie Aubert, Michel Brazier, Romuald Mentaverri, Agnes Hartemann, Ziad A Massy

Open Access Original investigation

Effect of empagliflozin monotherapy on postprandial glucose and 24-hour glucose variability in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 4-week study

Rimei Nishimura, Yuko Tanaka, Kazuki Koiwai, Kohei Inoue, Thomas Hach, Afshin Salsali, Søren S Lund, Uli C Broedl

Open Access Original investigation

A real world comparison of sulfonylurea and insulin vs. incretin-based treatments in patients not controlled on prior metformin monotherapy

Anselm K Gitt, Peter Bramlage, Steffen Schneider, Diethelm Tschöpe

Open Access Original investigation

Treatment-dependent and treatment-independent risk factors associated with the risk of diabetes-related events: a retrospective analysis based on 229,042 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Thomas Wilke, Sabrina Mueller, Antje Groth, Andreas Fuchs, Lisa Seitz, Joachim Kienhöfer, Ulf Maywald, Rainer Lundershausen, Martin Wehling

Open Access Original investigation

The effect of clopidogrel on platelet activity in patients with and without type-2 diabetes mellitus: a comparative study

Claudia Schuette, Daniel Steffens, Marco Witkowski, Caroline Stellbaum, Peter Bobbert, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Ursula Rauch

Open Access Original investigation

Glycated albumin is more closely correlated with coronary artery disease than 1,5-anhydroglucitol and glycated hemoglobin A1c

Xiaojing Ma, Xiang Hu, Jian Zhou, Yaping Hao, Yuqi Luo, Zhigang Lu, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia

Open Access Review

Targeting metabolic disturbance in the diabetic heart

Jesús Fuentes-Antrás, Belén Picatoste, Elisa Ramírez, Jesús Egido, José Tuñón, Óscar Lorenzo

Open Access Original investigation

Role of adiponectin and free fatty acids on the association between abdominal visceral fat and insulin resistance

Aida Medina-Urrutia, Carlos Posadas-Romero, Rosalinda Posadas-Sánchez, Esteban Jorge-Galarza, Teresa Villarreal-Molina, María del Carmen González-Salazar, Guillermo Cardoso-Saldaña, Gilberto Vargas-Alarcón, Margarita Torres-Tamayo, Juan Gabriel Juárez-Rojas

Open Access Original investigation

Glucose and triglyceride excursions following a standardized meal in individuals with diabetes: ELSA-Brasil study

Bárbara P Riboldi, Vivian C Luft, Cristina D de Castilhos, Letícia O de Cardoso, Maria I Schmidt, Sandhi M Barreto, Maria F de Sander, Sheila M Alvim, Bruce B Duncan

Open Access Original investigation

Activation of TRPV1 channel by dietary capsaicin improves visceral fat remodeling through connexin43-mediated Ca2+ Influx

Jian Chen, Li Li, Yingsha Li, Xia Liang, Qianqian Sun, Hao Yu, Jian Zhong, Yinxing Ni, Jing Chen, Zhigang Zhao, Peng Gao, Bin Wang, Daoyan Liu, Zhiming Zhu, Zhencheng Yan

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiac structure and function are altered in type 2 diabetes and Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and associate with glycemic control

Sophie Cassidy, Kate Hallsworth, Christian Thoma, Guy A MacGowan, Kieren G Hollingsworth, Christopher P Day, Roy Taylor, Djordje G Jakovljevic, Michael I Trenell

Open Access Original investigation

Association of obesity and long-term mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction with and without diabetes mellitus: results from the MONICA/KORA myocardial infarction registry

Miriam Giovanna Colombo, Christa Meisinger, Ute Amann, Margit Heier, Wolfgang von Scheidt, Bernhard Kuch, Annette Peters, Inge Kirchberger

Open Access Original investigation

Effects of exenatide on postprandial vascular endothelial dysfunction in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Keiichi Torimoto, Yosuke Okada, Hiroko Mori, Takashi Otsuka, Mayuko Kawaguchi, Megumi Matsuda, Fumi Kuno, Kei Sugai, Satomi Sonoda, Maiko Hajime, Kenichi Tanaka, Tadashi Arao, Yoshiya Tanaka

Open Access Original investigation

Candesartan restores pressure-induced vasodilation and prevents skin pressure ulcer formation in diabetic mice

Aurore Danigo, Mohamad Nasser, Flavien Bessaguet, James Javellaud, Nicole Oudart, Jean-Michel Achard, Claire Demiot

Open Access Study protocol

Design and rationale for the randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled Liraglutide to Improve corONary haemodynamics during Exercise streSS (LIONESS) crossover study

Aung Myat, Satpal Arri, Deepak L Bhatt, Bernard J Gersh, Simon R Redwood, Michael S Marber

Open Access Original investigation

Awareness, treatment and control of cardiometabolic disorders in Chinese adults with diabetes: a national representative population study

Tiange Wang, Yu Xu, Min Xu, Weiqing Wang, Yufang Bi, Jieli Lu, Meng Dai, Di Zhang, Lin Ding, Baihui Xu, Jichao Sun, Wenhua Zhao, Yong Jiang, Limin Wang, Yichong Li, Mei Zhang, Shenghan Lai, Linhong Wang, Guang Ning

Open Access Original investigation

Acute hemodynamic and renal effects of glucagon-like peptide 1 analog and dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor in rats

Xiaoyan Zhou, Chin-hu Huang, Julie Lao, Alessandro Pocai, Gail Forrest, Olga Price, Sophie Roy, David E Kelley, Kathleen A Sullivan, Michael J Forrest

Open Access Original investigation

Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes is accompanied by significant morphological and ultrastructural changes in both erythrocytes and in thrombin-generated fibrin: implications for diagnostics

Etheresia Pretorius, Janette Bester, Natasha Vermeulen, Sajee Alummoottil, Prashilla Soma, Antoinette V Buys, Douglas B Kell

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma levels of matrix metalloproteinase-2, -3, -10, and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 are associated with vascular complications in patients with type 1 diabetes: the EURODIAB Prospective Complications Study

Stijn A Peeters, Lian Engelen, Jacqueline Buijs, Nish Chaturvedi, John H Fuller, Casper G Schalkwijk, Coen D Stehouwer

Open Access Original investigation

Serum fibroblast growth factor 21 levels is associated with lower extremity atherosclerotic disease in Chinese female diabetic patients

Xiaoyan Zhang, Yanyun Hu, Hui Zeng, Lianxi Li, Jungong Zhao, Jun Zhao, Fang Liu, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia

Open Access Original investigation

Type 2 diabetes-associated carotid plaque burden is increased in patients with retinopathy compared to those without retinopathy

Núria Alonso, Alicia Traveset, Esther Rubinat, Emilio Ortega, Nuria Alcubierre, Jordi Sanahuja, Marta Hernández, Angels Betriu, Carmen Jurjo, Elvira Fernández, Didac Mauricio

Open Access Reviewer acknowledgement

Acknowledgement of manuscript reviewers 2014

Enrique Fisman, Alexander Tenenbaum

Open Access Original investigation

Association of serum angiopoietin-like protein 2 with carotid intima-media thickness in subjects with type 2 diabetes

Chang Hee Jung, Woo Je Lee, Min Jung Lee, Yu Mi Kang, Jung Eun Jang, Jaechan Leem, Yoo La Lee, So Mi Seol, Hae Kyeong Yoon, Joong-Yeol Park

Open Access Original investigation

Clinical features of subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus

Yasuhide Mochizuki, Hidekazu Tanaka, Kensuke Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Sano, Hiromi Toki, Hiroyuki Shimoura, Junichi Ooka, Takuma Sawa, Yoshiki Motoji, Keiko Ryo, Yushi Hirota, Wataru Ogawa, Ken-ichi Hirata

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in a cohort of 57,946 patients with type 2 diabetes: associations with renal function and cardiovascular risk factors

Lucia Cea Soriano, Saga Johansson, Bergur Stefansson, Luis A García Rodríguez

Open Access Original investigation

Isocaloric substitution of carbohydrates with protein: the association with weight change and mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes

Marjo JE Campmans-Kuijpers, Ivonne Sluijs, Ute Nöthlings, Heinz Freisling, Kim Overvad, Elisabete Weiderpass, Guy Fagherazzi, Tilman Kühn, Verena A Katzke, Amalia Mattiello, Emily Sonestedt, Giovanna Masala, Claudia Agnoli, Rosario Tumino, Annemieke MW Spijkerman, Aurelio Barricarte, Fulvio Ricceri, Saioa Chamosa, Ingegerd Johansson, Anna Winkvist, Anne Tjønneland, Diewertje Sluik, Heiner Boeing, Joline WJ Beulens

Open Access Study protocol

The FAT expandability (FATe) Project: Biomarkers to determine the limit of expansion and the complications of obesity

Elena Torres-Perez, Monica Valero, Beatriz Garcia-Rodriguez, Yolanda Gonzalez-Irazabal, Pilar Calmarza, Luisa Calvo-Ruata, Carmen Ortega, Maria Pilar Garcia-Sobreviela, Alejandro Sanz-Paris, Jose Maria Artigas, Javier Lagos, Jose M Arbones-Mainar

Open Access Original investigation

Effect of the glucagon-like peptide-1 analogue liraglutide on coronary microvascular function in patients with type 2 diabetes – a randomized, single-blinded, cross-over pilot study

Rebekka Faber, Mette Zander, Adam Pena, Marie M Michelsen, Naja D Mygind, Eva Prescott

Open Access Original investigation

Polymorphisms of the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ (rs1801282) and its coactivator-1 (rs8192673) are associated with obesity indexes in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Peter Kruzliak, Andreana P Haley, Jovana Nikolajevic Starcevic, Ludovit Gaspar, Daniel Petrovic

Open Access Original investigation

Cross-sectional analysis of serum calcium levels for associations with left ventricular hypertrophy in normocalcemia individuals with type 2 diabetes

Junfeng Li, Nan Wu, Yintao Li, Kuanping Ye, Min He, Renming Hu

Open Access Original investigation

Low fasting glucose is associated with enhanced thrombin generation and unfavorable fibrin clot properties in type 2 diabetic patients with high cardiovascular risk

Grzegorz Gajos, Malgorzata Konieczynska, Jaroslaw Zalewski, Anetta Undas

Open Access Original investigation

Skeletal muscle insulin resistance in salt-sensitive hypertension: role of angiotensin II activation of NFκB

Ming-Sheng Zhou, Chang Liu, Runxia Tian, Akira Nishiyama, Leopoldo Raij

Open Access Original investigation

Epicardial fat thickness is associated to type 2 diabetes mellitus in Korean men: a cross-sectional study

Hyejin Chun, Eunkyung Suh, A Ri Byun, Hae Ran Park, Kyung Won Shim

Open Access Original investigation

Association of peripheral nerve conduction in diabetic neuropathy with subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Yasuhide Mochizuki, Hidekazu Tanaka, Kensuke Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Sano, Hiromi Toki, Hiroyuki Shimoura, Junichi Ooka, Takuma Sawa, Yoshiki Motoji, Keiko Ryo, Yushi Hirota, Wataru Ogawa, Ken-ichi Hirata

Open Access Original investigation

National trends in incidence and outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm among elderly type 2 diabetic and non-diabetic patients in Spain (2003–2012)

Ana Lopez-de-Andrés, Isabel Jiménez-Trujillo, Rodrigo Jiménez-García, Valentín Hernández-Barrera, José Mª de Miguel-Yanes, Manuel Méndez-Bailón, Napoleón Perez-Farinos, Miguel Ángel Salinero-Fort, Pilar Carrasco-Garrido

Open Access Original investigation

Interactive effects of a common γ-glutamyltransferase 1 variant and low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol on diabetic macro- and micro-angiopathy

Hideaki Jinnouchi, Kazunori Morita, Takahiro Tanaka, Ayami Kajiwara, Yuki Kawata, Kentaro Oniki, Junji Saruwatari, Kazuko Nakagawa, Koji Otake, Yasuhiro Ogata, Akira Yoshida, Seiji Hokimoto, Hisao Ogawa

Open Access Original investigation

The amount of C1q–adiponectin complex is higher in the serum and the complex localizes to perivascular areas of fat tissues and the intimal–medial layer of blood vessels of coronary artery disease patients

Eun Shil Hong, Cheong Lim, Hye Yeon Choi, Eu Jeong Ku, Kyoung Min Kim, Jae Hoon Moon, Soo Lim, Kyong Soo Park, Hak Chul Jang, Sung Hee Choi

Open Access Original investigation

Treadmill running improves hindlimb arteriolar endothelial function in type 1 diabetic mice as visualized by X-ray microangiography

Takashi Sonobe, Hirotsugu Tsuchimochi, Daryl O. Schwenke, James T. Pearson, Mikiyasu Shirai

Open Access Original investigation

Association of elevated apoA-I glycation and reduced HDL-associated paraoxonase1, 3 activity, and their interaction with angiographic severity of coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Ying Shen, Feng Hua Ding, Jia Teng Sun, Li Jin Pu, Rui Yan Zhang, Qi Zhang, Qiu Jing Chen, Wei Feng Shen, Lin Lu

Open Access Original investigation

Glycated albumin and the risk of micro- and macrovascular complications in subjects with Type 1 Diabetes

Hye-jin Yoon, Yong-ho Lee, So Ra Kim, Tyler Hyungtaek Rim, Eun Young Lee, Eun Seok Kang, Bong-Soo Cha, Hyun Chul Lee, Byung-Wan Lee

Open Access Original investigation

DPP-4 inhibition with linagliptin ameliorates cognitive impairment and brain atrophy induced by transient cerebral ischemia in type 2 diabetic mice

MingJie Ma, Yu Hasegawa, Nobutaka Koibuchi, Kensuke Toyama, Ken Uekawa, Takashi Nakagawa, Bowen Lin, Shokei Kim-Mitsuyama

Open Access Original investigation

Sex influenced association of directly measured insulin sensitivity and serum transaminase levels: Why alanine aminotransferase only predicts cardiovascular risk in men?

Barbara Buday, Peter Ferenc Pach, Botond Literati-Nagy, Marta Vitai, Gyorgyi Kovacs, Zsuzsa Vecsei, Laszlo Koranyi, Csaba Lengyel

Open Access Original investigation

Tissue inflammation and nitric oxide-mediated alterations in cardiovascular function are major determinants of endotoxin-induced insulin resistance

Lawrence M. House II, Robert T. Morris, Tammy M. Barnes, Louise Lantier, Travis J. Cyphert, Owen P. McGuinness, Yolanda F. Otero

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiovascular safety of linagliptin in type 2 diabetes: a comprehensive patient-level pooled analysis of prospectively adjudicated cardiovascular events

Julio Rosenstock, Nikolaus Marx, Dietmar Neubacher, Thomas Seck, Sanjay Patel, Hans-Juergen Woerle, Odd Erik Johansen

Open Access Original investigation

Normal-weight obesity is associated with increased risk of subclinical atherosclerosis

Sohee Kim, Chanhee Kyung, Jong Suk Park, Seung-Pyo Lee, Hye Kyoung Kim, Chul Woo Ahn, Kyung Rae Kim, Shinae Kang

Open Access Original investigation

Additive prognostic value of plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and coronary artery calcification for cardiovascular events and mortality in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes

Bernt Johan von Scholten, Henrik Reinhard, Tine Willum Hansen, Morten Lindhardt, Claus Leth Petersen, Niels Wiinberg, Peter Riis Hansen, Hans-Henrik Parving, Peter Karl Jacobsen, Peter Rossing

Open Access Original investigation

Baseline diabetes as a way to predict CV outcomes in a lipid-modifying trial: a meta-analysis of 330,376 patients from 47 landmark studies

Michel P. Hermans, Evariste Bouenizabila, Daniel K. Amoussou-guenou, Sylvie A. Ahn, Michel F. Rousseau

Open Access Original investigation

Longitudinal association of C-reactive protein and Haemoglobin A1c over 13 years: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer - Norfolk study

Sara Ahmadi-Abhari, Stephen Kaptoge, Robert N Luben, Nicholas J Wareham, Kay-Tee Khaw

Open Access Original investigation

Serum leptin levels are independently related to the incidence of ischemic heart disease in a prospective study of patients with type 2 diabetes

Camilla Vavruch, Toste Länne, Mats Fredrikson, Torbjörn Lindström, Carl Johan Östgren, Fredrik H Nystrom

Open Access Original investigation

Predictive value of dynamic renal resistive index (drin) for renal outcome in type 2 diabetes and essential hypertension: a prospective study

R. M. Bruno, A. Salvati, M. Barzacchi, K. Raimo, S. Taddei, L. Ghiadoni, A. Solini

Open Access Original investigation

Increased plasma BMP-2 levels are associated with atherosclerosis burden and coronary calcification in type 2 diabetic patients

Ming Zhang, Jaskanwal Deep Sara, Fei-long Wang, Li-Ping Liu, Li-Xiao Su, Jing Zhe, Xi Wu, Jing-hua Liu

Open Access Erratum

Erratum: PPARγ activation but not PPARγ haplodeficiency affects proangiogenic potential of endothelial cells and bone marrow-derived progenitors

Jerzy Kotlinowski, Anna Grochot-Przeczek, Hevidar Taha, Magdalena Kozakowska, Bartosz Pilecki, Klaudia Skrzypek, Jakub Zimoch, Aleksandra Bartelik, Rafal Derlacz, Anton J G Horrevoets, Attila Pap, Laszlo Nagy, Jozef Dulak, Alicja Jozkowicz

Open Access Original investigation

Type 2 diabetes mellitus and myocardial ischemic preconditioning in symptomatic coronary artery disease patients

Paulo Cury Rezende, Rosa Maria Rahmi, Augusto Hiroshi Uchida, Leandro Menezes Alves da Costa, Thiago Luis Scudeler, Cibele Larrosa Garzillo, Eduardo Gomes Lima, Carlos Alexandre Wainrober Segre, Priscyla Girardi, Myrthes Takiuti, Marcela Francisca Silva, Whady Hueb, Jose Antonio Franchini Ramires, Roberto Kalil Filho

Open Access Original investigation

Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 levels are independently associated with macroalbuminuria, but not with retinopathy and macrovascular disease in type 1 diabetes: the EURODIAB prospective complications study

Lian Engelen, Casper G. Schalkwijk, Simone J. P. M. Eussen, Jean L. J. M. Scheijen, Sabita S. Soedamah-Muthu, Nish Chaturvedi, John H. Fuller, Coen D. A. Stehouwer

Open Access Original investigation

Diabetes mellitus and platelet reactivity in patients under prasugrel or ticagrelor treatment: an observational study

Dimitrios Alexopoulos, Chrysoula Vogiatzi, Katerina Stavrou, Niki Vlassopoulou, Angelos Perperis, Ioanna Pentara, Ioanna Xanthopoulou

Open Access Original investigation

Cardiospecific CD36 suppression by lentivirus-mediated RNA interference prevents cardiac hypertrophy and systolic dysfunction in high-fat-diet induced obese mice

Yijie Zhang, Mingwei Bao, Mingyan Dai, Xin Wang, Wenbo He, Tuantuan Tan, Dandan Lin, Wei Wang, Ying Wen, Rui Zhang

Open Access Original investigation

The association between glycemic variability and diabetic cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes

Ji Eun Jun, Sang-Man Jin, Jongha Baek, Sewon Oh, Kyu Yeon Hur, Myung-Shik Lee, Moon-Kyu Lee, Jae Hyeon Kim

Open Access Original investigation

The inflammation, vascular repair and injury responses to exercise in fit males with and without Type 1 diabetes: an observational study

Daniel J West, Matthew D Campbell, Javier T Gonzalez, Mark Walker, Emma J Stevenson, Fahad W Ahmed, Stephanie Wijaya, James A Shaw, Jolanta U Weaver

Open Access Original investigation

Serum fibroblast growth factor 21 levels are related to subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes

Yang Xiao, Lingjiao Liu, Aimin Xu, Pengcheng Zhou, Zhaofeng Long, Yiting Tu, Xiaoyan Chen, Weili Tang, Gan Huang, Zhiguang Zhou

Open Access Original investigation

Galectin-3 deficiency exacerbates hyperglycemia and the endothelial response to diabetes

April L. Darrow, Ralph V. Shohet

Open Access Original investigation

Association of insulin resistance and coronary artery remodeling: an intravascular ultrasound study

Sang-Hoon Kim, Jae-Youn Moon, Yeong Min Lim, Kyung Ho Kim, Woo-In Yang, Jung-Hoon Sung, Seung Min Yoo, In Jai Kim, Sang-Wook Lim, Dong-Hun Cha, Seung-Yun Cho

Open Access Original investigation

Protective role of oleic acid against cardiovascular insulin resistance and in the early and late cellular atherosclerotic process

Liliana Perdomo, Nuria Beneit, Yolanda F. Otero, Óscar Escribano, Sabela Díaz-Castroverde, Almudena Gómez-Hernández, Manuel Benito

Open Access Original investigation

Chronic NF-κB blockade improves renal angiotensin II type 1 receptor functions and reduces blood pressure in Zucker diabetic rats

Hao Luo, Xinquan Wang, Jialiang Wang, Caiyu Chen, Na Wang, Zaicheng Xu, Shuo Chen, Chunyu Zeng

Open Access Original investigation

Fibroblast growth factor 21 deletion aggravates diabetes-induced pathogenic changes in the aorta in type 1 diabetic mice

Xiaoqing Yan, Jun Chen, Chi Zhang, Jun Zeng, Shanshan Zhou, Zhiguo Zhang, Xuemian Lu, Jing Chen, Wenke Feng, Xiaokun Li, Yi Tan

Open Access Original investigation

Association between daily glucose fluctuation and coronary plaque properties in patients receiving adequate lipid-lowering therapy assessed by continuous glucose monitoring and optical coherence tomography

Masaru Kuroda, Toshiro Shinke, Kazuhiko Sakaguchi, Hiromasa Otake, Tomofumi Takaya, Yushi Hirota, Tsuyoshi Osue, Hiroto Kinutani, Akihide Konishi, Hachidai Takahashi, Daisuke Terashita, Kenzo Uzu, Ken-ichi Hirata

Open Access Original investigation

High-risk type-2 diabetes mellitus patients, without prior ischemic events, have normal blood platelet functionality profiles: a cross-sectional study

Gadi Shlomai, Tal Haran-Appel, Tal Sella, Yoni Grossman, Hagit Hauschner, Nurit Rosenberg, Ehud Grossman

Open Access Original investigation

Rivaroxaban, a factor Xa inhibitor, improves neovascularization in the ischemic hindlimb of streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice

Tao-Cheng Wu, Jenq-Shyong Chan, Chiu-Yang Lee, Hsin-Bang Leu, Po-Hsun Huang, Jia-Shiong Chen, Shing-Jong Lin, Jaw-Wen Chen

Open Access Original investigation

Relationship between serum osteocalcin level and carotid intima-media thickness in a metabolically healthy Chinese population

Yuqi Luo, Xiaojing Ma, Yaping Hao, Qin Xiong, Yiting Xu, Xiaoping Pan, Yuqian Bao, Weiping Jia

Open Access Original investigation

Comparison of effects of sitagliptin and voglibose on left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes: results of the 3D trial

Hiroki Oe, Kazufumi Nakamura, Hajime Kihara, Kenei Shimada, Shota Fukuda, Tsutomu Takagi, Toru Miyoshi, Kumiko Hirata, Junichi Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ito

Open Access Original investigation

Association of hemoglobin A1c and glycated albumin with carotid atherosclerosis in community-dwelling Japanese subjects: the Hisayama Study

Naoko Mukai, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Jun Hata, Yoichiro Hirakawa, Fumie Ikeda, Masayo Fukuhara, Taeko Hotta, Masafumi Koga, Udai Nakamura, Dongchon Kang, Takanari Kitazono, Yutaka Kiyohara

Open Access Original investigation

The effect of a preparation of minerals, vitamins and trace elements on the cardiac gene expression pattern in male diabetic rats

Márta Sárközy, Gergő Szűcs, Márton Pipicz, Ágnes Zvara, Katalin Éder, Veronika Fekete, Csilla Szűcs, Judit Bárkányi, Csaba Csonka, László G. Puskás, Csaba Kónya, Péter Ferdinandy, Tamás Csont

Open Access Original investigation

Platelet hyperactivity and fibrin clot structure in transient ischemic attack individuals in the presence of metabolic syndrome: a microscopy and thromboelastography® study

Mia-Jeanne van Rooy, Wiebren Duim, Rene Ehlers, Antoinette V. Buys, Etheresia Pretorius

Open Access Original investigation

Diet-induced pre-diabetes slows cardiac conductance and promotes arrhythmogenesis

Lene Nygaard Axelsen, Kirstine Calloe, Thomas Hartig Braunstein, Mads Riemann, Johannes Pauli Hofgaard, Bo Liang, Christa Funch Jensen, Kristine Boisen Olsen, Emil D. Bartels, Ulrik Baandrup, Thomas Jespersen, Lars Bo Nielsen, Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, Morten Schak Nielsen

Open Access Original investigation

Higher association of coronary artery calcification with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease than with abdominal obesity in middle-aged Korean men: the Kangbuk Samsung Health Study

Min-Kyung Lee, Hye-Jeong Park, Won Seon Jeon, Se Eun Park, Cheol-Young Park, Won-Young Lee, Ki-Won Oh, Sung-Woo Park, Eun-Jung Rhee

Open Access Original investigation

Vitamin D status is associated with skin autofluorescence in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a preliminary report

Y H M Krul-Poel, R Agca, P Lips, H van Wijland, F Stam, S Simsek

Open Access Original investigation

Rutin administration attenuates myocardial dysfunction in diabetic rats

Julliano F C Guimaraes, Bruno P Muzio, Camila M Rosa, Andre F Nascimento, Mario M Sugizaki, Ana A H Fernandes, Antonio C Cicogna, Carlos R Padovani, Marina P Okoshi, Katashi Okoshi

Open Access Original investigation

Enhancement of insulin-mediated rat muscle glucose uptake and microvascular perfusion by 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide-1-β-d-ribofuranoside

Eloise A Bradley, Lei Zhang, Amanda J Genders, Stephen M Richards, Stephen Rattigan, Michelle A Keske

Open Access Original investigation

Chronic Rho-kinase inhibition improves left ventricular contractile dysfunction in early type-1 diabetes by increasing myosin cross-bridge extension

Mark T Waddingham, Amanda J Edgley, Alberto Astolfo, Tadakatsu Inagaki, Yutaka Fujii, Cheng-Kun Du, Dong-Yun Zhan, Hirotsugu Tsuchimochi, Naoto Yagi, Darren J Kelly, Mikiyasu Shirai, James T Pearson

Open Access Original investigation

MuRF2 regulates PPARγ1 activity to protect against diabetic cardiomyopathy and enhance weight gain induced by a high fat diet

Jun He, Megan T Quintana, Jenyth Sullivan, Traci L Parry, Trisha J Grevengoed, Jonathan C Schisler, Joseph A Hill, Cecelia C Yates, Rudo F Mapanga, M Faadiel Essop, William E Stansfield, James R Bain, Christopher B Newgard, Michael J Muehlbauer, Yipin Han, Brian A Clarke, Monte S Willis

Open Access Original investigation

Coronary microvascular function is independently associated with left ventricular filling pressure in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Takayuki Kawata, Masao Daimon, Sakiko Miyazaki, Ryoko Ichikawa, Masaki Maruyama, Shuo-Ju Chiang, Chiharu Ito, Fumihiko Sato, Hirotaka Watada, Hiroyuki Daida

Open Access Original investigation

Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition improves myocardial function and prevents cardiac remodeling in diabetic mice

Youfang Chen, Jianfeng Du, Yu Tina Zhao, Ling Zhang, Guorong Lv, Shougang Zhuang, Gangjian Qin, Ting C Zhao

Open Access Original investigation

Delay in treatment intensification increases the risks of cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes

Sanjoy K Paul, Kerenaftali Klein, Brian L Thorsted, Michael L Wolden, Kamlesh Khunti

Open Access Original investigation

Sensitivity of various adiposity indices in identifying cardiometabolic diseases in Arab adults

Nasser M Al-Daghri, Omar S Al-Attas, Kaiser Wani, Abdullah M Alnaami, Shaun Sabico, Abdulrahman Al-Ajlan, George P Chrousos, Majed S Alokail

Open Access Original investigation

Glucagon-like peptide-1 protects against ischemic left ventricular dysfunction during hyperglycemia in patients with coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus

Liam M McCormick, Patrick M Heck, Liam S Ring, Anna C Kydd, Sophie J Clarke, Stephen P Hoole, David P Dutka

Open Access Original investigation

Inhibition of DPP-4 reduces acute mortality after myocardial infarction with restoration of autophagic response in type 2 diabetic rats

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Open Access Original investigation

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Open Access Original investigation

Lack of correlation between the optimal glycaemic control and coronary micro vascular dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus: a cross sectional study

Luis Felipe Valenzuela-Garcia, Yasushi Matsuzawa, Jaskanwal D S Sara, Taek-Geun Kwon, Ryan J Lennon, Lilach O Lerman, Rafael J Ruiz-Salmeron, Amir Lerman

Open Access Original investigation

Alterations in lipid transfers to HDL associated with the presence of coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Marilia C O Sprandel, Whady A Hueb, Alexandre Segre, José A F Ramires, Roberto Kalil-Filho, Raul C Maranhão

Open Access Original investigation

Association between metabolic syndrome and multiple lesions of intracranial atherothrombotic stroke: a hospital-based study

Kazuhiko Kotani, Noriko Satoh-Asahara, Takuya Nakakuki, Hajime Yamakage, Akira Shimatsu, Tetsuya Tsukahara

Open Access Commentary

The pleiotropic effects of metformin: time for prospective studies

Daniel I Bromage, Derek M Yellon

Open Access Original investigation

Adjustment of the GRACE score by HemoglobinA1c enables a more accurate prediction of long-term major adverse cardiac events in acute coronary syndrome without diabetes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Xiao-Jun Liu, Zhao-Fei Wan, Na Zhao, Ya-Ping Zhang, Lan Mi, Xin-Hong Wang, Dong Zhou, Yan Wu, Zu-Yi Yuan

Open Access Original investigation

Association between blood glucose variability and coronary plaque instability in patients with acute coronary syndromes

Kozo Okada, Kiyoshi Hibi, Masaomi Gohbara, Shunsuke Kataoka, Keiko Takano, Eiichi Akiyama, Yasushi Matsuzawa, Kenichiro Saka, Nobuhiko Maejima, Mitsuaki Endo, Noriaki Iwahashi, Kengo Tsukahara, Masami Kosuge, Toshiaki Ebina, Peter J. Fitzgerald, Yasuhiro Honda, Satoshi Umemura, Kazuo Kimura

Open Access Original investigation

Lack of associations between betatrophin/ANGPTL8 level and C-peptide in type 2 diabetic subjects

Mohamed Abu-Farha, Jehad Abubaker, Fiona Noronha, Irina Al-Khairi, Preethi Cherian, Monira Alarouj, Abdullah Bennakhi, Naser Elkum

Open Access Original investigation

Reduction in peripheral vascular resistance predicts improvement in insulin clearance following weight loss

Nora E. Straznicky, Mariee T. Grima, Carolina I. Sari, Elisabeth A. Lambert, Sarah E. Phillips, Nina Eikelis, Daisuke Kobayashi, Dagmara Hering, Justin A. Mariani, John B. Dixon, Paul J. Nestel, Sofie Karapanagiotidis, Markus P. Schlaich, Gavin W. Lambert

Open Access Original investigation

Short-term high glucose exposure impairs insulin signaling in endothelial cells

Valeria De Nigris, Gemma Pujadas, Lucia La Sala, Roberto Testa, Stefano Genovese, Antonio Ceriello

Open Access Original investigation

PROMETHEUS: an observational, cross-sectional, retrospective study of hypertriglyceridemia in Russia

Yuri Karpov, Yunona Khomitskaya

Open Access Original investigation

Long-term changes in cardiovascular risk markers during administration of exenatide twice daily or glimepiride: results from the European exenatide study

Rafael Simó, Bruno Guerci, Guntram Schernthaner, Baptist Gallwitz, Juan Rosas-Guzmàn, Francesco Dotta, Andreas Festa, Ming Zhou, Jacek Kiljański

Open Access Original investigation

Plasma leptin level is associated with cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes: HSCAA study

Masafumi Kurajoh, Hidenori Koyama, Manabu Kadoya, Mariko Naka, Akio Miyoshi, Akinori Kanzaki, Miki Kakutani-Hatayama, Hirokazu Okazaki, Takuhito Shoji, Yuji Moriwaki, Tetsuya Yamamoto, Masanori Emoto, Masaaki Inaba, Mitsuyoshi Namba

Open Access Original investigation

Skin collagen advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) and the long-term progression of sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes

Vincent M Monnier, Wanjie Sun, Xiaoyu Gao, David R Sell, Patricia A Cleary, John M Lachin, Saul Genuth

Open Access Original investigation

Impaired fasting glucose and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in middle-age adults: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 2971 subjects

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Open Access Original investigation

Long-term clinical outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome and dysglycaemia

Jeanette Kuhl, Gun Jörneskog, Malin Wemminger, Mattias Bengtsson, Pia Lundman, Majid Kalani

Open Access Original investigation

Relationship of YKL-40 and adiponectin and subclinical atherosclerosis in asymptomatic patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus from a European Mediterranean population

Eva Aguilera, Enric Serra-Planas, M. Luisa Granada, Silvia Pellitero, Jordi L. Reverter, Núria Alonso, Berta Soldevila, Dídac Mauricio, Manel Puig-Domingo

Open Access Original investigation

Cohort comparison study of cardiac disease and atherosclerotic burden in type 2 diabetic adults using whole body cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Suzanne L. Duce, Jonathan R. Weir-McCall, Stephen J. Gandy, Shona Z. Matthew, Deirdre B. Cassidy, Lynne McCormick, Petra Rauchhaus, Helen Looker, Helen M. Colhoun, J. Graeme Houston

Open Access Original investigation

Altered myocardial response in patients with diabetic retinopathy: an exercise echocardiography study

Zhe Zhen, Yan Chen, Kendrick Shih, Ju-Hua Liu, Michele Yuen, David Sai-Hung Wong, Karen Siu-Ling Lam, Hung-Fat Tse, Kai-Hang Yiu

Open Access Original investigation

HbA1c below 7 % as the goal of glucose control fails to maximize the cardiovascular benefits: a meta-analysis

Pin Wang, Rong Huang, Sen Lu, Wenqing Xia, Haixia Sun, Jie Sun, Rongrong Cai, Shaohua Wang

Open Access Original investigation

Circulating interleukin-1β promotes endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced myocytes apoptosis in diabetic cardiomyopathy via interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase-2

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Open Access Original investigation

Soluble RAGE and atherosclerosis in youth with type 1 diabetes: a 5-year follow-up study

Martin Heier, Hanna Dis Margeirsdottir, Mario Gaarder, Knut Haakon Stensæth, Cathrine Brunborg, Peter Abusdal Torjesen, Ingebjørg Seljeflot, Kristian Folkvord Hanssen, Knut Dahl-Jørgensen

Open Access Original investigation

Successful metabolic adaptations leading to the prevention of high fat diet-induced murine cardiac remodeling

Nathan W. Roberts, Magdalis González-Vega, Tirsit K. Berhanu, Aaron Mull, Jesús García, Ahlke Heydemann

Open Access Review

Antidiabetic treatment with gliptins: focus on cardiovascular effects and outcomes

Enrique Z. Fisman, Alexander Tenenbaum

Open Access Original investigation

Impact of long-term steroid therapy on epicardial and pericardial fat deposition: a cardiac MRI study

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Open Access Original investigation

Clinical impact of diabetes mellitus in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Anat Berkovitch, Amit Segev, Israel Barbash, Yoni Grossman, Elad Maor, Aharon Erez, Ehud Regev, Noam Fink, Israel Mazin, Ashraf Hamdan, Ilan Goldenberg, Ilan Hay, Dan Spiegelstien, Victor Guetta, Paul Fefer

Open Access Original investigation

Gender differences in the progression of target organ damage in patients with increased insulin resistance: the LOD-DIABETES study

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Open Access Original investigation

Patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes need improved management: a report from the EUROASPIRE IV survey: a registry from the EuroObservational Research Programme of the European Society of Cardiology

Viveca Gyberg, Dirk De Bacquer, Guy De Backer, Catriona Jennings, Kornelia Kotseva, Linda Mellbin, Oliver Schnell, Jaakko Tuomilehto, David Wood, Lars Rydén, Philippe Amouyel, Jan Bruthans, Almudena Castro Conde, Renata Cifkova, Jaap W. Deckers, Johan De Sutter, Mirza Dilic, Maryna Dolzhenko, Andrejs Erglis, Zlatko Fras, Dan Gaita, Nina Gotcheva, John Goudevenos, Peter Heuschmann, Aleksandras Laucevicius, Seppo Lehto, Dragan Lovic, Davor Miličić, David Moore, Evagoras Nicolaides, Raphael Oganov, Andrzej Pająk, Nana Pogosova, Zeljko Reiner, Martin Stagmo, Stefan Störk, Lale Tokgözoğlu, Dusko Vulic

Open Access Original investigation

Corin is down-regulated and exerts cardioprotective action via activating pro-atrial natriuretic peptide pathway in diabetic cardiomyopathy

Aiming Pang, Yahui Hu, Pengfei Zhou, Guangfeng Long, Xin Tian, Li Men, Yanna Shen, Yunde Liu, Yujie Cui

Open Access Original investigation

High visceral fat with low subcutaneous fat accumulation as a determinant of atherosclerosis in patients with type 2 diabetes

Ryotaro Bouchi, Takato Takeuchi, Momoko Akihisa, Norihiko Ohara, Yujiro Nakano, Rie Nishitani, Masanori Murakami, Tatsuya Fukuda, Masamichi Fujita, Isao Minami, Hajime Izumiyama, Koshi Hashimoto, Takanobu Yoshimoto, Yoshihiro Ogawa

Open Access Original investigation

Effect of metformin monotherapy on cardiovascular diseases and mortality: a retrospective cohort study on Chinese type 2 diabetes mellitus patients

Colman Siu Cheung Fung, Eric Yuk Fai Wan, Carlos King Ho Wong, Fangfang Jiao, Anca Ka Chun Chan

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Skin collagen advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) and the long-term progression of sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in type 1 diabetes

Vincent M Monnier, Wanjie Sun, Xiaoyu Gao, David R Sell, Patricia A Cleary, John M Lachin, Saul Genuth

Open Access Original investigation

Increased FGF23 serum level is associated with unstable carotid plaque in type 2 diabetic subjects with internal carotid stenosis

Federico Biscetti, Giuseppe Straface, Carlo Filippo Porreca, Giovanni Bertoletti, Claudio Vincenzoni, Francesco Snider, Egidio Stigliano, Vincenzo Arena, Flavia Angelini, Giovanni Pecorini, Antonio Bianchi, Raffaele Landolfi, Andrea Flex

Open Access Original investigation

Association of serum omentin levels with cardiac autonomic neuropathy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a hospital-based study

Chan-Hee Jung, Sang-Hee Jung, Bo-Yeon Kim, Chul-Hee Kim, Sung-Koo Kang, Ji-Oh Mok

Open Access Original investigation

Comparison of 2-year mortality according to obesity in stabilized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus after acute myocardial infarction: results from the DIAMOND prospective cohort registry

Ki-Bum Won, Seung-Ho Hur, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Hyuck-Jun Yoon, Chang-Wook Nam, Kwon-Bae Kim, Jang-Ho Bae, Dong-Ju Choi, Young-Keun Ahn, Jong-Seon Park, Hyo-Soo Kim, Rak-Kyeong Choi, Donghoon Choi, Joon-Hong Kim, Kyoo-Rok Han, Hun-Sik Park, So-Yeon Choi, Jung-Han Yoon, Hyeon-Cheol Kwon, Seung-Un Rha, Kyung-Kuk Hwang, Do-Sun Lim, Kyung-Tae Jung, Seok-Kyu Oh, Jae-Hwan Lee, Eun-Seok Shin, Kee-Sik Kim

Open Access Original investigation

SIRT1 protects against myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury via activating eNOS in diabetic rats

Mingge Ding, Jingyi Lei, Hongcheng Han, Weibo Li, Yinxian Qu, Enqing Fu, Feng Fu, Xiaoming Wang

Open Access Original investigation

Combined influence of nonalcoholic fatty liver and body size phenotypes on diabetes risk

Tingting Du, Xuefeng Yu, Gang Yuan, Jianhua Zhang, Xingxing Sun

Open Access Original investigation

The soluble guanylate cyclase activator cinaciguat prevents cardiac dysfunction in a rat model of type-1 diabetes mellitus

Csaba Mátyás, Balázs Tamás Németh, Attila Oláh, László Hidi, Ede Birtalan, Dalma Kellermayer, Mihály Ruppert, Sevil Korkmaz-Icöz, Gábor Kökény, Eszter Mária Horváth, Gábor Szabó, Béla Merkely, Tamás Radovits

Open Access Original investigation

Factors associated with no apparent coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus for more than 10 years of duration: a case control study

Mukund P. Srinivasan, Padmanabh K. Kamath, Narayan M. Bhat, Narasimha D. Pai, Poornima A. Manjrekar, Chakrapani Mahabala

Open Access Original investigation

Association between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and progression of coronary artery calcium: a prospective cohort study

Jong-Young Lee, Seungho Ryu, Sung Ho Lee, Byung Jin Kim, Bum-Soo Kim, Jin-Ho Kang, Eun Sun Cheong, Jang-Young Kim, Jeong Bae Park, Ki-Chul Sung

Open Access Original investigation

Visceral adiposity is associated with altered myocardial glucose uptake measured by 18FDG-PET in 346 subjects with normal glucose tolerance, prediabetes, and type 2 diabetes

Gyuri Kim, Kwanhyeong Jo, Kwang Joon Kim, Yong-ho Lee, Eugene Han, Hye-jin Yoon, Hye Jin Wang, Eun Seok Kang, Mijin Yun

Open Access Original investigation

Glucose and fatty acid metabolism in infarcted heart from streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats after 2 weeks of tissue remodeling

Christiane Malfitano, Alcione Lescano de Souza Junior, Mariana Carbonaro, Andressa Bolsoni-Lopes, Diego Figueroa, Leandro Ezequiel de Souza, Kleiton Augusto Santos Silva, Fernanda Consolim-Colombo, Rui Curi, Maria Claudia Irigoyen

Open Access Original investigation

Early impairment of coronary microvascular perfusion capacity in rats on a high fat diet

Judith van Haare, M. Eline Kooi, Hans Vink, Mark J. Post, Jurgen W. G. E. van Teeffelen, Jos Slenter, Chantal Munts, Hanneke Cobelens, Gustav J. Strijkers, Dennis Koehn, Marc van Bilsen

Open Access Original investigation

Acute hyperglycemia abolishes cardioprotection by remote ischemic perconditioning

Tamás Baranyai, Csilla Terézia Nagy, Gábor Koncsos, Zsófia Onódi, Melinda Károlyi-Szabó, András Makkos, Zoltán V. Varga, Péter Ferdinandy, Zoltán Giricz

Open Access Original investigation

Insulin treatment increases myocardial ceramide accumulation and disrupts cardiometabolic function

Aimee E. Hodson, Trevor S. Tippetts, Benjamin T. Bikman

Open Access Original Investigation

Safety, tolerability and effects on cardiometabolic risk factors of empagliflozin monotherapy in drug-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes: a double-blind extension of a Phase III randomized controlled trial

Michael Roden, Ludwig Merker, Anita Vedel Christiansen, Flavien Roux, Afshin Salsali, Gabriel Kim, Peter Stella, Hans J. Woerle, Uli C. Broedl

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