Vascular Involvement in Diabetes
Subtitle: Clinical, Experimental and Beyond
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Karger Publishers
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 814
ISBN-13: 9783805579629
Subjects: Diabetes; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Medical; Cardiovascular Diseases; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; complications; therapy
Description: Since the 1960s we have learned that cardiovascular complications and diabetes mellitus are closely intertwined: type 2 diabetes increases the likelihood of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and accelerated vascular disease. Thus the growing pandemic of diabetes worldwide is responsible for increasing death and disability from atherosclerotic vascular disease, the number one cause of death today. This publication spells out the enormity of the problem and the demographic forces at play. In the first part of the book the fundamental mechanisms responsible for vascular involvement in diabetes at the genetic, molecular, tissue, organ and organismal levels are described. The second part provides a detailed description of the various clinical aspects and the currently available therapeutic and preventive measures for diabetes, such as lifestyle changes, angiotensin II receptor blockers, biguanides and fibrates.