Technetium-99m sestamibi retention in skeletal muscles, a potential indicator of mitochondrial function and anaerobic threshold in patients with type 2 diabetes

• Main Authors: Shinji Sato (Author), Takao Kato (Author), Shingo Otsuki (Author), Shiro Tanaka (Author), Noriko Nakayama (Author), Shigeru Makita (Author), Ryuji Nohara (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In this study, we investigated the retention of technetium-99m sestamibi (MIBI), a radiopharmaceutical that accumulates in mitochondria, in patients with type 2 diabetes. We hypothesized that patients with type 2 diabetes had lower MIBI counts in their legs than non-diabetic volunteers, and that the...