Acute Effects of Insulin on Cardiac Function in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Applicability and Feasibility

Table 2

Hemodynamic and metabolic parameters during EHC.

	Parameter	Baseline	Step 1	Step 2
Study group	Heart rate (beats/min)	68.8 ± 1.7	68.4 ± 3.2	68.3 ± 2.3
	SBP (mmHg)	138 ± 7.6	131 ± 9	126 ± 6
	DBP (mmHg)	80 ± 5.6	76 ± 5	77 ± 6
	Plasma insulin (μU/ml)	11.6 ± 2.9	145 ± 36	1863 ± 433
	Glucose infusion rates (mg/min·m^2)	00	79 ± 25	165 ± 38
Healthy	Plasma insulin (μU/ml)	ND	51 ± 5	898 ± 131
	Glucose infusion rates (mg/min·m^2)	ND	227 ± 24	478 ± 17

vs. baseline; ND: not determined, vs. baseline.