Metabolic studies in ischemic heart disease

Abstract

The purpose of this investigation was to determine which biochemical abnormalities are present in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) not known to have diabetes mellitus, gout or any of the primary hyperlipoproteinemias. Experiments were conducted to elucidate the nature of the relationship between glucose, insulin and lipid metabolism in IHD and asymptomatic diabetes mellitus