Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes: Proceedings of the Symposium on the Diabetic Heart sponsored by the Council of Cardiac Metabolism of the International Society and Federation of Cardiology and held in Tokyo, Japan, October 1989

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Assessment of Cardiac Function in Diabetic Patients by Impedance Cardiography....Pages 3-8
Early Diastolic Dysfunction of Left Ventricle and its Relation to Pathologic Finding in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus....Pages 9-20
Radionuclide Assessment of Left Ventricular Function in Middle-Aged Asymptomatic Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients....Pages 21-33
Usefulness of Exercise T1-201 Myocardial Scintigraphy to Detect Asymptomatic Heart Disease in Diabetic Patients....Pages 35-45
Autonomic Function Test Assessed by Ambulatory ECG in Diabetics....Pages 47-51
Diabetic Albuminuria and Ischemic Heart Disease....Pages 53-59
Prognostic Significance of Treadmill Exercise Stress Test in Diabetic Patients Without Cardiovascular Signs....Pages 61-68
Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Diabetic Heart: Myocardial Tolerance During Surgery and Late Result....Pages 69-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
The Influence of Diabetes on Myocardial Contractility and Energetics in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats....Pages 77-84
Hypertensive- Diabetic Cardiomyopathy in Rats....Pages 85-93
Combined Effects of Hypertension and Diabetes on Myocardial Contractile Proteins and Cardiac Function in Rats....Pages 95-108
Diabetes Does Not Accelerate Cardiac Hypertrophy In Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHR)....Pages 109-113
A Close Correlation of Fasting Insulin Levels to Blood Pressure in Obese Children....Pages 115-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Cardiovascular Involvements in a New Spontaneously Diabetic (WBN/Kob) Rat....Pages 127-137
Biochemical and Morphologic Alterations in Cardiac Myocytes in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats....Pages 139-153
Diabetes Prolongs the Action Potential Duration in Rat Ventricular Muscle Probably Via Enhanced Calcium Current....Pages 155-171
Increases in Voltage-Sensitive Calcium Channel of Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats....Pages 173-182
Changes in Cell Morphology, [Ca 2+ ] i and pH i During Metabolic Inhibition in Isolated Myocytes of Diabetic Rats Using Dual-Loading of Fura-2 and BCECF....Pages 183-198
Abnormal Phosphorylation: Cause of Reduced Responsiveness to Isoproterenol in Diabetic Heart....Pages 199-210
Electron Microscopic Cytochemical Studies on ATPase and Acid Phosphatase Activities of Cardiac Myocytes in Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rats....Pages 211-224
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Myocardial Isoenzyme Distribution in Chronic Diabetes: Comparison with Isoproterenol-Induced Chronic Myocardial Damage....Pages 225-236
In Vivo 31 -NMR Spectroscopic Investigation of Myocardial Energy Metabolism in Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Rabbits....Pages 237-249
Characterization of Beta-Adrenoceptors in Sinoatrial Node and Left Ventricular Myocardium of Diabetic Rat Hearts by Quantitative Autoradiography....Pages 251-259
Effects of Zinc Deficiency on Heart Catecholamine Concentrations in Normal and Diabetic Rats....Pages 261-265
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide in Plasma and Atrial Auricles of the Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mouse....Pages 267-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Effects of Beta-Adrenoceptor Blocking Agents on Myocardium Isolated from Experimentally Diabetic Rats....Pages 283-296
Effects of Autonomic Agents on Isolated and Perfused Hearts of Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats....Pages 297-313
Insulin-Like Actions of Vanadyl Sulfate Trihydrate in Streptozotocin-Diabetic Rats....Pages 315-331
Different Cardiac Effects of Hypoglycaemic Sulphonylurea Compounds....Pages 333-348
Reversibility of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Therapeutic Interventions in Mild Diabetes....Pages 349-359
Improvement of Myocardial Function and Metabolism in Diabetic Rats by the Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase Inhibitor Etomoxir....Pages 361-372
Abnormal Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation of Ischaemic and Reperfused Myocardium Reversed by L-Propionyl-Carnitine....Pages 373-388