Heart Disease and Diabetes [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Miles.

Contributor:

Fisher, Miles, Contributor.

Series:

Oxford Diabetes Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diabetes--Complications.

Diabetes.

Heart--Diseases--Treatment.

Heart--Treatment--Diseases.

Heart.

Local Subjects:

Diabetes--Complications.

Diabetes.

Heart--Diseases--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

[Oxford] : Oxford University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cardiovascular disease is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in people with diabetes, and it is an issue that is becoming increasingly important to both cardiologists and specialists in diabetes. The routine management of patients with diabetes now includes close attention to the methods to control hyperglycaemia that give maximum reduction in cardiovascular events. This pocketbook details the complications that diabetes presents in relation to heart disease, introduces the reader to various risk factors and discusses the possible treatments that can be explored. This second edition has

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Contributors; 1. Introduction, epidemiology, and cardiovascular risk factors; 2. Hyperglycaemia and weight management; 3. Diabetic dyslipidaemia; 4. Hypertension in diabetes; 5. Coronary heart disease in diabetes; 6. Acute coronary syndromes in diabetes; 7. Coronary revascularization in the patient with diabetes; 8. Chronic heart failure in diabetes; 9. Other vascular disease in diabetes; 10. Diabetic nephropathy; 11. Diabetic autonomic neuropathy and sudden death in diabetes

12. Health economic aspects of treating cardiovascular disease in diabetesIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Feb. 1, 2012).

ISBN:

0-19-173971-5

0-19-165203-2

OCLC:

855969842