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The major research objective is to investigate 1) whether lowering cardiac and muscular lipid content will improve mitochondrial and cellular function in type 2 diabetic patients, and 2) whether this lipid lowering effect also improves uncoupling in…
The major research objective is:- to examine whether elevation of plasma FFAs results in cardiac lipid accumulation and whether this influences cardiac function negatively.Additional research objective: - to examine whether cardiac lipid content is…
To compare sympathetic and haemostatic activity in rest and after rising in patients with chronic heart failure and healthy subjects, who will be randomly assigned to selective and nonselective beta-blockers. To analyse whether haplotypes of two…
The main objective of the study is to investigate whether ciprofibrate treatment can improve myocardial insulin sensitivity in subjects with IGM. As secondary objectives we want to investigate whether ciprofibrate treatment also improves diastolic…
Cardiac surgery patients are often exposed to blood products perioperatively (18). Due to their underlying cardiac condition and ventricular dysfunction these patients are at an increased risk for TACO.(19) In a *proof of principle* approach we will…