Diabetes and cardiovascular disease /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Johnstone, Michael T., Veves, Aristidis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2005]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Contemporary cardiology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Effects of insulin on the vascular system
  • Effects of diabetes and insulin resistance on endothelial functions
  • Diabetes and advanced glycoxidation end-products
  • The renin-angiotensin system in diabetic cardiovascular complications
  • PPARs and their emerging role in vascular biology, inflammation, and atherosclerosis
  • Diabetes and thrombosis
  • Role of estrogens in vascular disease in diabetes : lessons learned from the polycystic ovary syndrome
  • Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activation and nitrosative stress in the development of cardiovascular disease in diabetes
  • Adiponectin and the cardiovascular system
  • Nitric oxide and its role in diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetes and atherosclerosis
  • The use of animal models to study diabetes and atherosclerosis and potential anti-atherosclerotic therapies
  • The metabolic syndrome and vascular disease
  • Diabetes and hypertension
  • Diabetes and dyslipidemia
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Diabetic nephropathy
  • Diabetic neuropathy
  • Microcirculation of the diabetic foot
  • Epidemiology of peripheral vascular disease
  • Noninvasive methods to assess vascular function and pathophysiology
  • Peripheral vascular disease in patients with diabetes mellitus
  • Therapeutic interventions to improve endothelial function in diabetes
  • Preoperative assessment and perioperative management of the surgical patient with diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetes and percutanious interventional therapy
  • Cardiac surgery and diabetes mellitus
  • Heart failure and cardiac dysfunction in diabetes
  • Diabetes mellitus and heart disease