Background: The rate constant for global fatty acid influx (k(1)) was studied in 12 male patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).
Method: 10 normal subjects served as controls. 201-Thallium (201TI) and [123I]-phenyl-pentadecanoic acid (IPPA) were administered during bicycle exercise under fasting conditions.
Results: All patients showed non-homogeneous tracer uptake defects for 201TI and IPPA. k(1) was significantly higher in DCM patients than controls. k(1) showed significant inverse correlation between cardiac index, left-ventricular ejection fraction, left-ventricular enddiastolic pressure and echocardiographic left-ventricular ejection fraction.
Conclusion: We presume that an increased regional rate constant of IPPA influx into the myocardial tissue in patients with DCM reflects a compensatory mechanism of altered myocardium.
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