“…Indeed, congenital cardiac defects, myocardial hypertrophy, and cardiorespiratory dis- 1. Abbreviations used in this paper: 2,3-DPG, 2,3-diphosphoglycerate; EMD, electromechanical delay; ET, ejection time; Hb, hemoglobin; ICT, isovolumetric contraction time; P50, the oxygen pressure at 50% of the Hb saturation; PEP, preejection period; STI, systolic time intervals. tress are known complications in infants of diabetic mothers (3)(4)(5). There have also been several controversial reports suggesting that hyperglycemia could influence the metabolism of the erythrocytes and produce changes in 02 delivery (6,7).…”