Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

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Titulo: Diabetes and Cardiovascular DiseaseAutor: Michael T. Johnstone ESTADO: NOVOISBN/EAN: 9780896037557Editor: Humana PressAno: 2001Idioma: InglêsEncadernação: N.A.Páginas: 472C oleção: N.A.Nº. da Coleção: N.A.Código de Controlo: 56F Descrição: Michael T. Johnstone, MD, and Aristidis Veves, MD, DSc, have assembled a panel of seasoned clinicians and expert scientists to comprehensively review both the clinical and scientific aspects of diabetic cardiovascular disease. The contributors thoroughly discuss the mechanisms and risk factors of diabetes in relation to hypertension, dyslipidemia, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure. Their review includes a full examination of the epidemiology, mechanisms, methods of assessment, and treatment of the disease at the macrovascular level, and a discussion of the microvascular effects, including retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and compromised microcirculation in the diabetic foot. Show more