New horizons in diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease
By: edited by Colin J. Schwartz, Gustav V.R. Born ; with foreword by Sir Philip Randle
Publisher: Current Science
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Diabetes Complications; Cardiovascular Diseases; Complications; Cardiovascular system; Diseases; Congresses; Diabetes
Other titles: Diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease
Notes: Contributions from the 2nd William Harvey Research Institute/University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio Conference held in Cancun, May 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Type II diabetes and its macrovascular complications; title: Insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia: the link betwwen NIDDM, CAD, hypertension and dyslipidemia; title: The role of angiotensin-I converting enzyme gene in the pathogenesis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; title: Glucose recognition and other signalling events in insulin secretion; title: The insulin receptor, insulin action and the mechanisms of insulin resistance in diabetes and atherosclerosis; title: The immune system and diabetes mellitus; title: The impact of diabetes mellitus on public health in Mexico; title: The Metabolic Disease Syndrome: lessons to be learned from racial and ethnic diversity; title: The coagulation system, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases; title: Plasma lipids in diabetes; title: Low-density lipoprotein size in patients with NIDDM and the insulin resistance syndrome; title: Lipid and lipoprotein advanced glycosylation in diabetic cardiovascular disease; title: Oxidative stress and diabetes mellitus; title: Cellular and molecular mechanisms in the macroangiopathy of diabetes; title: Role of abnormal platelet function in the vascular complicatios of diabetes mellitus; title: The nature and consequences of microvascular disease in diabetes mellitus; title: Proinsulin and cardiovascular risk; title: Is insulin-like growth factor-1 a cardiovascular risk factor? The effects of diabetic autonomic neuropathy on the cardiovascular system; title: The pathogenesis of diabetic neuropathy; title: UK Prospective Diabetes Study: 3-year update; title: Management of hyptertension in the diabetic patient: evolving concepts; title: Pathogenesis and management of diabetic nephropathy; title: Pancreatic transplantation, implantable insulin pumps, and hybrid artificial pancreas; title: Alpha-glucosidase inhibition, a new therapeutic principle in the management of diabetes mellitus; title: Treatment of non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes with alpha-glucosidase inhibitors.