10 2004 - 5 articles
Diabetes leads to both micro- and macrovascular complications. If the major threat to type 2 diabetic patients is ischaemic heart disease, other cardiovascular complications such as heart failure, stroke and lower extremity arterial disease are also...
Vascular disease in diabetes is accompanied by decreased levels of the vasodilators, nitric oxide (NO) and prostacyclin, and increased levels of vasoconstrictor eicosanoids, which enhance the progression of the disease. The vascular dysfunction cause...
Silent coronary artery disease is frequently encountered in diabetic patients. In general, the prevalence of silent myocardial ischaemia varies depending on the test used for patient screening and on the patient population screened. However, incidenc...
A 60-year-old man with known coronary artery disease was admitted to the hospital with severe retrosternal pain persisting over two hours [...]
Rupture of vulnerable plaques is the main cause of acute coronary syndromes and myocardial infarctions. Identification of these vulnerable plaques is therefore essential to enable the development of treatment modalities to stabilise them. Several int...
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