Heart disease in diabetes mellitus

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 1996 Jun;25(2):425-38. doi: 10.1016/s0889-8529(05)70331-5.

Abstract

The spectrum of heart disease in diabetic patients is broad and complex. This article discusses the epidemiologic associations between the two causes. It attempts to summarize the effects of diabetes at the cellular, vascular, and myocardial levels. The clinical manifestations are explored, and the treatment of heart disease as it pertains to diabetic patients is discussed.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Arteriosclerosis / etiology
  • Arteriosclerosis / physiopathology
  • Coronary Artery Bypass
  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Diabetes Mellitus / physiopathology
  • Heart Diseases / epidemiology
  • Heart Diseases / etiology*
  • Heart Diseases / physiopathology
  • Heart Diseases / therapy
  • Heart Failure / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy
  • Myocardial Ischemia / etiology
  • Thrombolytic Therapy

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists