diabetic cardiomyopathy
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients undergoing elective valve replacement or cardiopulmonal bypass surgery - Gender: male or male - The patients should be aged 40-75 years - The type 2 diabetic patients should be obese (BMI > 27 kg/m2) and non-insulin dependent - The obese controls should be BMI matched with the diabetic patients (BMI > 27 kg/m2) - The lean subjects should have a normal BMI (20-25 kg/m2)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Insulin dependent diabetic subjects. - Patients with instable angina or heamodynamically instable patients - Use of Thiazolidines (glitazone/rosiglitazone/pioglitazone/troglitazone) - Weight gain/loss > 3 kg in the last 6 months or signs of cachexia - Contraindications for MRI scans.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary goal is to compare in vivo with ex vivo measurements of mitochondrial function through regression analysis. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Furthermore markers of PPAR-expression will be examined and statistical analysis will be done to assess differences between groups (diabetic/lean/obese) where P | — |
Countries
Netherlands