Peripheral Vascular Lesion in Diabetes Mellitus

Vascular reactivity in diabetes mellitus.

A patient with type 2 diabetes carries a cardiovascular risk similar to that of a non-diabetic with a prior history of myocardial infarction. Endothelial dysfunction, an early event in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is present in diabetes mellitus in the absence of clinical cardiovascular disease. The assessment of the endothelium dependent vasodilatory effect in response to various stimul...

impact of diabetes mellitus on peripheral vascular disease concomitant with coronary

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of diabetes mellitus (dm) on peripheral vascular disease (pvd) in patients with coronary artery disease (cad). methods: a total of 13702 consecutive patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) at tehran heart center between january 2002 and march 2007 were included in this study. the demographic data, pvd, and outcom...

Vascular Complications of Diabetes Mellitus

Hypertension is a major factor that contributes to the development of the vascular complications of diabetes mellitus, which primarily include atherosclerosis, nephropathy, and retinopathy. The mechanism of the pathophyslologkal effects of hypertension lies at the cellular level in the blood vessel wall, which intimately involves the function and interaction of the endothelial and vascular smoo...

Diabetes mellitus and vascular disease.

Vascular Effects of Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most potent independent risk factors for the development of coronary artery disease (CAD) and is recognized as a cardiovascular disease equivalent. Compared with individuals without DM, those with DM have a higher prevalence of CAD, a greater extent of coronary ischemia, and are more likely to have a myocardial infarction and silent myocardial ischemia. The ...