Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease A Guide to Clinical Management /

• Main Authors: Paneni, Francesco (Author), Cosentino, Francesco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Health promotion.; Angiology.; Cardiology.; Diabetes.; Medicine & Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.

This book provides a practical hands-on approach to the management of patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, with original and up-to-date coverage of a variety of aspects of emerging clinical importance. Practical advice is offered on diagnosis, risk stratification, management of cardiov...

Table of Contents:

• Part I Diagnosis and Mechanisms of Disease: 1 Epidemiology, Definition and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus
• 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
• 3 Mechanisms of diabetic atherosclerosis
• 4 Environment, epigenetic changes and cardiovascular damage
• 5 Diabetic cardiomyopathy
• 6 Cerebrovascular disease
• Part II Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors: 7 Risk stratification
• 8 Hyperglycemia
• 9 Diabetic dyslipidemia
• 10 Arterial hypertension
• 11 Anti-platelet therapy
• Part III Treatment of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes: 12 Coronary artery disease
• 13 Acute coronary syndromes
• 14 Heart failure
• 15 Ischemic stroke
• 16 Peripheral artery disease.