Carotid intima-media thickness as a surrogate marker of cardiovascular disease in diabetes

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-24

  Sibal, Latika ^a   Agarwal, Sharad C ^b   Home, Philip D ^b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carotid; CIMT; Diabetes; Intima media thickness

Indexed keywords

ACARBOSE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CILOSTAZOL; ENALAPRIL; EZETIMIBE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLICLAZIDE; GLIMEPIRIDE; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN DETEMIR; METFORMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PIOGLITAZONE; PLACEBO; RAMIPRIL; REPAGLINIDE; ROSIGLITAZONE; TICLOPIDINE; TROGLITAZONE;

ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DOSE RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79953068910     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/DMSO.S8540     Document Type: Review

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