Diabetic Cardiology

With cardiovascular disease becoming the most common cause of death in people with diabetes, interest in the assessment and treatment of heart disease in these patients has been reawakened. This book examines developing topics from a largely cardiological perspective, covering both pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. The DIGAMI study on the use of intravenous insulin infusion at the time of myocardial infarction (MI) has stimulated a large number of discussion papers on the best treatment of MI in the diabetic patient. The UKPDS has shown that treatment of Type 2 diabetes does not reduce cardiovascular end-points significantly, but that aggressive treatment of blood pressure can do so. In addition, sub-group analysis from several large cardiovascular trials has shown that treatment with statins, anti-platelet therapy, ACE inhibitors and other drugs will also reduce cardiovascular events in people with diabetes.

ISBN 0470862041   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780470862049 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 682 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Published in Chicester Imprint Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)   Series title Practical Diabetes Format Hardback   Height (mm) 251 Publication date 14 Dec 2007   Width (mm) 177 Library of Congress 2007024231   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 616.12   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22   Alternative ISBN 9780470723807 Pages 308

1		Epidemiology of Vascular Disease in Diabetes by Susan Laing		1
2		Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis and Vascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes by Naveed Sattar and Alistair Cormack		16
3		Coronary Heart Disease and Diabetes by Colin Berry and Miles Fisher and John J. McMurray		37
4		Diabetes and Acute Coronary Syndromes by Colin Berry and Miles Fisher and John J. McMurray		69
5		Diabetes, Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction and Chronic Heart Failure by Michael R. MacDonald and Mark C. Petrie and Nathaniel M. Hawkins and John J. McMurray		93
6		Diabetes and Hypertension by Gordon T. McInnes		135
7		Diabetes and Stroke / Transient Ischaemic Attacks by Christopher S. Gray and Janice E. O'Connell		175
8		Diabetes and Peripheral Arterial Disease by Iskandar Idris and Richard Donnelly		199
9		Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Diabetic Patients by Markku Laakso		223
10		Prevention of Diabetes as a Means of Preventing Cardiovascular Disease by Stephen J. Cleland and Jonathan Shaw		240
11		Diabetes for Cardiologists by David Macfarlane and Colin Perry and Miles Fisher		258
		Study Acronyms		280
		Index		287

"For diabetologists and practitioners. Though rare, uncontrolled diabetes causes heart disease also in adolescents. Thus also of interest for pediatric endocrinologists who have the responsibility of preventing these disabling complications." (Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, June 2010) "This book I am sure would be welcomed as an evidence-base resource by most diabetic specialists ... I would also recommend it for all those in primary care with an interest in vascular disease and diabetes." (Practical Diabetes International, October 2008) "This excellent book…provides a useful meeting point for two specialities that do not routinely associate together." (Lancet, May 2008)

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