Reduced Cardiac Performance after Differential Pharmacological Stress in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Alexander Riad¹, Dirk Westermann², Stephan B Felix¹, Heinz P Schultheiss² and Carsten Tschope²

¹Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Klinik für Innere Medizin B, Friedrich-Löffler-Strasse 23A, 17475 Greifswald, Germany

²Charite – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Department of Cardiology and Pulmology Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin, Germany