Abstract
Background: The effects of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes on heart metabolismand function after myocardial infarction (MI) remodelling were investigated in rats.Methods: Fifteen days after STZ (50 mg/kg b.w. i.v.) injection, MI was induced bysurgical occlusion of the left coronary artery. Two weeks after MI induction, contents ofglycogen, ATP, free fatty acids (FFA) and triacylglyc…