Journal article
Diastolic Dysfunction of Aging Is Independent of Myocardial Structure but Associated with Plasma Advanced Glycation End-Product Levels
Duncan J Campbell, Jithendra B Somaratne, Alicia J Jenkins, David L Prior, Michael Yii, James F Kenny, Andrew E Newcomb, Casper G Schalkwijk, Mary Jane Black, Darren J Kelly
PLOS ONE | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2012
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is associated with abnormalities of myocardial structure, and plasma levels of the advanced glycation end-product (AGE) N(ε)-(carboxymethyl)lysine (CML) correlate with the severity and prognosis of heart failure. Aging is associated with diastolic dysfunction and increased risk of heart failure, and we investigated the hypothesis that diastolic dysfunction of aging humans is associated with altered myocardial structure and plasma AGE levels. METHODS: We performed histological analysis of non-ischemic left ventricular myocardial biopsies and measured plasma levels of the AGEs CML and low molecular weight fluorophores (LMWFs) in 26 men undergoing coronary artery bypas..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was funded by grants from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and from the National Heart Foundation of Australia. D.J.C. (Grant ID 395508) and D.J.K. (Grant ID 566867) are recipients of Senior Research Fellowships from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research is supported in part by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.