Diabetes and cardiovascular disease : integrating science and clinical medicine / editors, Steven P. Marso, David M. Stern.

Other author Marso, Steven P.
Other author Stern, David M., M.D.
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ©2004.
Descriptionxv, 527 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Ch. 1. Structure and function of the vessel wall -- Ch. 2. Antioxidants, oxidative stress, and inflammation in diabetes -- Ch. 3. Role of protein kinase C isoforms in diabetic vascular dysfunction -- Ch. 4. Aldose reductase and vascular stress -- Ch. 5. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors and diabetic vasculature -- Ch. 6. Receptor-dependent vascular stress in diabetes -- Ch. 7. Genetic determinants of late diabetic complications -- Ch. 8. Diabetic retinopathy and vascular endothelial growth factor -- Ch. 9. Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease -- Ch. 10. Economic implications of diabetes mellitus -- Ch. 11. Obesity -- Ch. 12. Diabetes treatment -- Ch. 13. Endothelial dysfunction -- Ch. 14. Platelet dysfunction -- Ch. 15. Diabetes, impaired fibrinolysis, and thrombosis -- Ch. 16. Restenosis -- Ch. 17. The renin-angiotensin system, nephropathy, and hypertension -- Ch. 18. Lipoprotein abnormalities -- Ch. 19. Diabetes mellitus and ischemic heart disease -- Ch. 20. Diabetes and coronary revascularization -- Ch. 21. Diabetes and peripheral artery disease.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003054573
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