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Myocardial glucose metabolism in noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients evaluated by FDG-PET.

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1995

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Tohru Ohtake, Ikuo Yokoyama, Takaki Watanabe, Toshimitsu Momose, Takashi Serezawa, J Nishikawa, Yasuhito Sasaki
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Abstract

The insulin clamp method may be very useful in NIDDM patients for improved myocardial FDG uptake compared to oral glucose loading or fasting, but slight decreases in MGU rates during insulin clamp in NIDDM patients may be because of insulin resistance (GluT4 abnormality).