Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

Michael T. Johnstone, MD, and Aristidis Veves, MD, DSc, have comprehensively updated their classic reference that reviews both the clinical and scientific aspects of diabetic cardiovascular disease. The contributors thoroughly discuss the mechanisms and risk factors of diabetes in relation to hypertension, dyslipidemia, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure. Their review includes a full examination of the epidemiology, mechanisms, methods of assessment, and treatment of the disease at the macrovascular level, and a discussion of the microvascular effects, including retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and compromised microcirculation in the diabetic foot.

Contents: Part I. Pathophysiology The Metabolic Syndrome and Vascular Disease S. J. Creely, Aresh J. Anwar, and Sudhesh Kumar Epidemiology of Peripheral Vascular Disease Stephanie G. Wheeler, Nicholas L. Smith, and Edward J. Boyko Effects of Insulin on the Vascular System Helmut O. Steinberg Effects of Diabetes and Insulin Resistance on Endothelial Functions Zhiheng He, Keiko Naruse, and George L. King Diabetes and Advanced Glycoxidation End Products Melpomeni Peppa, Jaime Uribarri, and Helen Vlassara Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 and Vascular Disease in Diabetes Mellitus Douglas E. Vaughan The Renin Angiotensin System in Diabetic Cardiovascular Complications Edward P. Feener PPARs and Their Emerging Role in Vascular Biology, Inflammation and Atherosclerosis Jorge Plutsky Diabetes and Hypertension Samy I. McFarlane, MD, FACP, Amal F. Farag, MD, David Gardner, MD, and James R. Sowers, MD, FACP Diabetes and Dyslipidemia Asha Thomas-Geevarghese, Catherine Tuck, and Henry N. Ginsberg Diabetes and Thrombosis David J. Schneider and Burton E. Sobel Role of Estrogens in Vascular Disease in Diabetes: Lessons Learned from the Polycistic Ovary Syndrome Agathocles Tsatsoulis and Panayiotis Economides PARP Activation And Nitrosative Stress in the Development of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes Pal Pacher and Csaba Szabo Adiponectin and the Cardiovascular System Suketu Shah, Alina Gavrila, and Christos S. Mantzoros Cardiac Surgery and Diabetes Mellitus Tanveer A. Khan, Pierre Voisine, and Frank W. Sellke Nitric Oxide and Diabetes Mellitus Michael T. Johnstone Diabetes and Atherosclerosis Maria F. Lopes-Virella and Gabriel Virella The Use of Animal Models to Study Diabetes and Atherosclerosis and Evaluate Therapuetic Modalities Peter D. Reaven and Wulf Palinski Part II. The Heart Diabetes and Coronary Artery Disease Michael T. Johnstone Diabetes and Percutaneous Interventional Therapy David P. Lorenz, Joseph P. Carrozza, and Lawrence Garcia Heart Failure and Cardiac Dysfunction in Diabetes Lawrence H. Young, Raymond R. Russell III, and Deborah Chyun Preoperative Assessment and Perioperative Management of the Surgical Patient with Diabetes Mellitus Alanna Coolong and Mylan C. Cohen Part III. Peripheral Vascular System Noninvasive Methods to Assess Vascular Function and Pathophysiology Peter G. Danias and Rola Saouaf Peripheral Vascular Disease in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Bernadette Aulivola, Allen D. Hamdan, and Frank W. LoGerfo Therapeutic Interventions to Improve Endothelial Function In Diabetes Lalita Khaodhiar and Aristidis Veves Part IV. Microcirculation Diabetic Retinopathy Lloyd Paul Aiello and Jerry Cavallerano Diabetic Nephropathy Richard J. Solomon and Bijan Roshan Diabetic Neuropathy Rayaz A. Malik and Aristidis Veves Microcirculation of the Diabetic foot Chantel Hile and Aristidis Veves