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Cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetics: epidemiology, risk factors and therapeutic modalities.
The Israel Medical Association journal : IMAJ - 1 Nov 2003
Khamaisi Mogher, Wexler Isaiah D, Skrha Jan, Strojek Krzysztof, Raz Itamar, Milicevic Zvonko
Abstract excerpt
Macrovascular complications associated with chronic hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus is a major global health problem that is currently on the rise. Accelerated cardiovascular and cerebrovascular atherosclerosis is the major cause of mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes. Many of the risk factors for cardiovascular disease are operative or even exacerbated in diabetic patients, including...
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