People
with diabetes are two times higher risk of having a heart attack, it is
already known although the exact cause is still unclear to scientists. But
a study at the University of Iowa (UI), the United States, successfully
demonstrated two diseases related due to disruption of the enzyme on
the heart by diabetes.
"Many
studies have shown that patients with diabetes, in particular, is very
risky died due to myocardial infarction (heart attack). Our
study shows new evidence that the oxidized enzyme CaMKII plays an
important role in the cause of death, "said Mark Anderson, author of the
report UI professor of research in the Journal of Clinical
Investigation quoted by Xinhua (16/02/2013).
Eight percent of the U.S. population have diabetes. And deaths from heart attacks experienced by many diabetics.
