Search Results - "Sironi, Anna Maria"
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Pericardial Rather Than Epicardial Fat is a Cardiometabolic Risk Marker: An MRI vs Echo Study
Published in Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (01-10-2011)“…Background Several studies using echocardiography identified epicardial adipose tissue (EPI) as an important cardiometabolic risk marker. However, validation…”
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Ectopic fat storage, insulin resistance, and hypertension
Published in Current pharmaceutical design (01-09-2011)“…Obesity, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance/type 2 diabetes and hypertension are clustered in the metabolic syndrome representing critical risk factors…”
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Fatty Liver Index (FLI) Identifies Not Only Individuals with Liver Steatosis but Also at High Cardiometabolic Risk
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (27-09-2023)“…A fatty liver index (FLI) greater than sixty (FLI ≥ 60) is an established score for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), which…”
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Relationship Between Hepatic/Visceral Fat and Hepatic Insulin Resistance in Nondiabetic and Type 2 Diabetic Subjects
Published in Gastroenterology (New York, N.Y. 1943) (01-08-2007)“…Background & Aims: Abdominal fat accumulation (visceral/hepatic) has been associated with hepatic insulin resistance (IR) in obesity and type 2 diabetes…”
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β-Cell function in obesity. Effects of weight loss
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-12-2004)“…In nondiabetic subjects, obesity is associated with a modest expansion of beta-cell mass, possibly amounting-according to the best available estimates-to…”
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An accurate and robust method for unsupervised assessment of abdominal fat by MRI
Published in Journal of magnetic resonance imaging (01-10-2004)“…Purpose To describe and evaluate an automatic and unsupervised method for assessing the quantity and distribution of abdominal adipose tissue by MRI. Material…”
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Effect of Physiological Hyperinsulinemia on Gluconeogenesis in Nondiabetic Subjects and in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-08-2001)“…Effect of Physiological Hyperinsulinemia on Gluconeogenesis in Nondiabetic Subjects and in Type 2 Diabetic Patients Amalia Gastaldelli , Elena Toschi , Maura…”
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Intra-abdominal adiposity, abdominal obesity, and cardiometabolic risk
Published in European Heart Journal Supplements (01-03-2008)“…Preferential fat deposition in the abdomen—between and within viscera—has been linked with cardiometabolic risk. We review data obtained in vivo in subjects…”
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Effect of Acute Hyperglycemia on Insulin Secretion in Humans
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-02-2002)“…First-phase insulin response to intravenous glucose is impaired both in type 2 diabetic patients and in subjects at risk for the disease. Hyperglycemia can…”
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Right heart overload contributes to cardiac natriuretic hormone elevation in patients with heart failure
Published in International journal of cardiology (15-09-2005)“…Atrial and brain natriuretic peptides (ANP and BNP) plasma concentration increases and holds a prognostic significance in patients with left ventricular…”
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Effect of Vitamin C on Forearm Blood Flow and Glucose Metabolism in Essential Hypertension
Published in Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology (01-11-2000)“…In 9 patients with essential hypertension, we tested whether a high-dose (12 mg · min) vitamin C infusion into the brachial artery, by improving…”
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Circulating Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products Is Inversely Associated with Glycemic Control and S100A12 Protein
Published in The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (01-11-2006)“…Context: The interaction of advanced glycation end products, including Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine-protein adducts (CML) and S100A12 protein, with their cellular…”
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Early Hypertension Is Associated With Reduced Regional Cardiac Function, Insulin Resistance, Epicardial, and Visceral Fat
Published in Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) (01-02-2008)“…Mild-to-moderate hypertension is often associated with insulin resistance and visceral adiposity. Whether these metabolic abnormalities have an independent…”
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Visceral Fat in Hypertension: Influence on Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Function
Published in Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. 1979) (01-08-2004)“…Preferential visceral adipose tissue (VAT) deposition has been associated with the presence of insulin resistance in obese and diabetic subjects. The…”
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Haematocrit, type 2 diabetes, and endothelium-dependent vasodilatation of resistance vessels
Published in European heart journal (01-03-2005)“…Aims In conditions such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and smoking, in which haematocrit (Hct) tends to be higher, endothelial function is impaired. In…”
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Effect of insulin on renal sodium and uric acid handling in essential hypertension
Published in American journal of hypertension (01-08-1996)“…In normal subjects, insulin decreases the urinary excretion of sodium, potassium, and uric acid. We tested whether these renal effects of insulin are altered…”
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Dose-response characteristics of insulin action on glucose metabolism: a non-steady-state approach
Published in American journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism (01-05-2000)“…The traditional methods for the assessment of insulin sensitivity yield only a single index, not the whole dose-response curve information. This curve is…”
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Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia: No independent relation to left ventricular mass in humans
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (31-10-2000)“…Hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance may contribute to the development of cardiac hypertrophy. In humans, however, the evidence is inconclusive. We studied…”
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[beta]-cell function in obesity effects of weight loss.(Section I: insulin resistance--[beta]-cell connection in type 2 diabetes)
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-12-2004)“…In nondiabetic subjects, obesity is associated with a modest expansion of [beta]-cell mass, possibly amounting--according to the best available estimates--to…”
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