Abstract Background The Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare guidelines (JMHWG) are
currently the standard used to diagnose cardiac sarcoidosis. JMHWG incorporate 67 …

Nonalcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) is a common comorbidity in patients with type 2 diabetes and
links to the risk of coronary syndromes. The aim was to determine the manifestations of …

Clustering of classical cardiovascular risk factors is insufficient to account for the excess
coronary artery disease (CAD) of patients with diabetes, and chronic hyperglycemia and …

We assessed glucose uptake in different tissues in type 2 diabetes (T2D), prediabetes, and
control subjects to elucidate its impact in the development of whole-body insulin resistance …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise on myocardial glucose
uptake and whether the pattern of glucose uptake is the same as in skeletal muscle. Glucose …

Anthracyclines are a widely used class of chemotherapy in pediatric and adult cancers,
however their use is hampered by the development of cardiotoxic side-effects and ensuing …

Accurate assessment of myocardial viability is critical for identifying patients likely to benefit
from coronary revascularization. Positron emission tomography (PET) has several …

Background—Patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) are prone to
develop heart failure. We tested the hypothesis that compensatory LVH is associated with …

Rosiglitazone therapy improves insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake in patients with
uncomplicated type 2 diabetes. In coronary artery disease (CAD), glucose is an important …

If the beneficial effects of brown adipose tissue (BAT) on whole body metabolism, as
observed in nonhuman experimental models, are to be translated to humans, tools that …