Assessment of segmental left ventricular thickening in diabetic type II obese patients with normal myocardial perfusion scan.

CONCLUSION: This is the first time where thickening as measured by gSPET has been used to demonstrate subclinical LVSD in DM II obese patients. The relationship between gender and obesity on cardiovascular function and structure needs further investigations. PMID: 29177257 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Hell J Nucl Med Source Type: research