Clinical significance of quantitative assessment of right ventricular glucose metabolism in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction.

Szu-Ying TsaiYen-Wen WuShan-Ying WangYu-Chien ShiauKuan-Ming ChiuHao-Yuan TsaiChien-Lin LeeJung-Cheng HsuChung-Ming TuHeng-Hsu LinShan-Hui Huang

Published in: European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging (2019)

In patients with coronary artery disease and ischemic cardiomyopathy, RV glucose utilization was positively correlated with RV pressure overload, but not LVEF. Global LV and RV MRGlu, LVEF, and LV end-diastolic volume showed significant prognostic value.

Keyphrases

mycobacterium tuberculosis
blood pressure
heart failure
ischemia reperfusion injury
type diabetes
adipose tissue
insulin resistance