The myocardial performance index during low-dose dobutamine echocardiography in control subjects and patients with a recent myocardial infarction: a new index of left ventricular functional reserve?
Data suggest that the change in MPI during LDDE may provide a simple and quantitative measure of overall left ventricular functional reserve in patients with a recent MI.
High glucose enhanced the expression and activity of MMP-2 in smooth muscle cells, which may provide an explanation for the phenomenon that diabetes patients are prone to have atherosclerotic lesions.