Exercise training improves insulin-stimulated myocardial glucose uptake in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy
: Stolen KQ, Kemppainen J, Kalliokoski KK, Luotolahti M, Viljanen T, Nuutila P, Knuuti J
: 2003
: J.Nucl.Cardiol.
: 10
: 5
: 447
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: 9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1071-3581(03)00528-2
BACKGROUND: The effects of exercise training on myocardial substrate utilization have not previously been studied in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and mild heart failure. METHODS AND RESULTS: Myocardial glucose uptake was studied in 15 clinically stable patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (New York Heart Association class I-II, ejection fraction 34% +/- 8%) with the use of 2-[fluorine 18]fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose ([F-18]FDG) and positron emission tomography under euglycemic hyperinsulinemia. Eight of these patients participated in a 5-month endurance and strength training program, whereas seven patients served as nontrained subjects. Left ventricular function was assessed by 2-dimensional echocardiography before and after the intervention. After the training period, insulin-stimulated myocardial fractional [F-18]FDG uptake and glucose uptake rates were significantly increased in the anterior, lateral, and septal walls (P <.01) in the trained subjects but remained unchanged in the nontrained subjects. In the trained patients, whole-body insulin-stimulated glucose uptake was enhanced and serum free fatty acid levels were suppressed during hyperinsulinemia compared with the baseline study (P <.05). No changes were observed in the nontrained group. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that exercise training in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy improves insulin-stimulated myocardial glucose uptake. This improvement in glucose uptake may be indicative of a switch in myocardial preference to a more energy-efficient substrate
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