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Cardiac autonomic nervous dysfunction in diabetic patients with a mitochondrial DNA mutation: assessment by heart rate variability.
Diabetes care - 1 Dec 2002
Momiyama Yukihiko, Suzuki Yoshihiko, Ohtomo Masako, Atsumi Yoshihito, Matsuoka Kempei, Ohsuzu Fumitaka, Kimura Mitsuru
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the degree and characteristics of cardiac autonomic nervous dysfunction in diabetic patients associated with a mitochondrial DNA mutation at base pair 3243. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We investigated heart rate variability using 24-h Holter monitoring in 10 diabetic patients with the mutation compared with 55 ordinary diabetic patients and 45 nondiabetic control subjects. RESULTS: Age...
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