Diabetic heart disease: the story continues

Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Diseases: A New Insight and Emerging Strategies

“…DM is accompanied with various cardiovascular abnormalities including endothelial dysfunction, increased oxidative stress and micro-and macrovascular consequences leading to coronary artery disease, left ventricular dysfunction (particularly diastolic dysfunction), hypertensive heart disease and reduced cardiac reserve [8]. A different trend in CV risk factors has been reported in patients with and without DM in Framingham Study from 1970 to 2005.…”