Glucagon-like peptide-1-based therapies and cardiovascular disease: Looking beyond glycaemic control

Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 302-312

  Anagnostis, P ^a   Athyros, V G ^b   Adamidou, F ^a   Panagiotou, A ^a   Kita, M ^a   Karagiannis, A ^b   Mikhailidis, D P ^c  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Antidiabetic drug; Cardiovascular disease; Exenatide; GLP 1; Incretins; Lipid lowering therapy; Liraglutide

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ALBIGLUTIDE; ALOGLIPTIN; AVA 0010; CJC 1134 PC; DUTOGLIPTIN; EXENDIN 4; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LINAGLIPTIN; LIRAGLUTIDE; LY 2189265; LY 2428757; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; ROSIGLITAZONE; SAXAGLIPTIN; SEMAGLUTIDE; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA; TASPOGLUTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE PYRROLIDIDE; VILDAGLIPTIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

EID: 79951884751     PISSN: 14628902     EISSN: 14631326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1326.2010.01345.x     Document Type: Review

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