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Diabetes May Cause Heart Failure: Here's Why

Patients with diabetes are more likely to suffer heart failure. A molecule called methylglyoxal (MG) is a glycolysis byproduct which modifies the cardiac myofilament more in diabetic heart failure patients.

Diabetes May Cause Heart Failure: Here's Why

Diabetes May Cause Heart Failure: Here's Why

New study sheds light on how diabetes causes heart failure. Methylglyoxal (MG) is a glycolysis byproduct which is accelerated under diabetic conditions, modifies the cardiac myofilament more in diabetic heart failure patients.

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