[The heart and diabetes mellitus].
The atherosclerotic process in the diabetic patient, is more common, it is noticed at early ages, advances more rapidly and almost equally affects males and females. This data, can not be explained on the basis of the association with other coronary heart disease risk factors, there is an intrinsic atherogenic factor attributed to diabetes, and can be related, to the early hyperinsulinemia, coagulation and lipid disorders, hyperglycemia or diabetic microangiopathy. Coronary heart disease has an increased prevalence in diabetic patients, that is not related with diabetes duration or the type of treatment. Early and late morbimortality after acute myocardial infarction and/or revascularization surgery is twice as common in the diabetic patient. Diabetic cardiomyopathy related to small vessels disease is still a matter of controversy and many authors doubt about its relevance in clinical practice. The presence of autonomic neuropathy with the cardiovascular denervation syndrome carries a poor prognosis. Early cardiovascular changes in asymptomatic patients, are detected with non-invasive test, and can help to introduce measures to protect individuals at a greater risk.
Departamento de Endocrinología, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, México, D.E.
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications*; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000209:etiology*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization
D008055:Lipids
El corazón y la diabetes mellitus.