Exploring the mechanisms responsible for energetic dysfunction within the type 2 diabetic heart

<p>Cardiovascular disease accounts for 70% of mortality within type 2 diabetic (T2D) patients. Energetic dysfunction is apparent within the T2D heart, presenting as a decreased phosphocreatine/adenosine triphosphate (PCr/ATP) ratio. This pathophysiology is an independent predictor for mortalit...

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Main Author: Kerr, M
Other Authors: heather, L
Format: Thesis
Published: 2019