Reduced Oxidative Metabolic Response in Dysfunctional Myocardium with Preserved Glucose Metabolism but with Impaired Contractile Reserve
Keiichiro Yoshinaga, MD1,
Chietsugu Katoh, MD2,
Rob S.B. Beanlands, MD3,
Kazuyuki Noriyasu, MD4,
Kaoru Komuro, MD4,
Satoshi Yamada, MD4,
Yuji Kuge, PhD2,
Koichi Morita, MD1,
Akira Kitabatake, MD4 and
Nagara Tamaki, MD1
1 Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
2 Department of Tracer Kinetics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
3 Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

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FIGURE 1. Comparison of myocardial oxidative metabolism at rest and during dobutamine (7.5 µg/kg/min) infusion. *P < 0.03; **P < 0.005; ***P < 0.001.
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FIGURE 2. Oxidative metabolic response to dobutamine (change in k mono). *P < 0.03; **P < 0.005.
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