Hypoglycemia and Cardiovascular Disease: Lessons from Outcome Studies

Current Diabetes Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Pistrosch, Frank ^a,b   Hanefeld, Markolf ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes; Hypoglycemia; Outcome trials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPLICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INCIDENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84944314305     PISSN: 15344827     EISSN: 15390829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11892-015-0678-2     Document Type: Review

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