Impact of insulin resistance on subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in normal weight and overweight/obese japanese subjects in a general community

Insulin resistance carries increased risk of heart failure, although the pathophysiological mechanisms remain unclear. LV global longitudinal strain (LVGLS) assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography has em...

Source: Cardiovascular Diabetology - January 21, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kazutoshi Hirose, Koki Nakanishi, Masao Daimon, Naoko Sawada, Yuriko Yoshida, Kentaro Iwama, Yuko Yamamoto, Jumpei Ishiwata, Megumi Hirokawa, Katsuhiro Koyama, Tomoko Nakao, Hiroyuki Morita, Marco R. Di Tullio, Shunichi Homma and Issei Komuro Tags: Original investigation Source Type: research