Imaging metabolism and perfusion in patients with diabetes and heart failure

Recent advances in imaging technologies have made it possible to quantify myocardial substrate handling and perfusion in humans. This review examines results obtained in patients with type 2 diabetes and/or heart failure. To establish how this knowledge can be profitable for patient management, we summarize a series of targeted intervention studies addressing the causal relationship between cardiac metabolism and cardiac function or perfusion. © 2013 by ISSN.