Diabetic Heart Disease – From Left Ventricular Intramyocardial Triglyceride Accumulation to Diffuse Interstitial Fibrosis and Myocardial Dysfunction

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Type 2 diabetes is the most common endocrine disease in the world and up to 60% of diabetic patients have heart disease. Heart disease is the most expensive heath condition and biggest cause of death in Australia. Diabetic patients often accumulate fat (triglyceride) within their heart cells, leading to diabetic heart disease. The present study sought to determine if diabetic patients with increased fat within their heart cells have more scarring which eventually results heart muscle dysfunction.