Cardiovascular disease and diabetes.0071436812 Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels. Mentioned in: Lipoproteins Test cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Ed. by Luther T. Clark and Samy I. McFarlane. McGraw-Hill 2007 635 pages $75.00 Hardcover RC700 Despite the fact that diabetes is preventable and its cardiovascular and other complications treatable, diabetes has become a pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. . Dr. Clark (cardiovascular medicine, State U. of New York Downtown Medical Center/Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn) introduces the scope and aspects of the frequently-linked disorders. Dr. McFarlane, his New York colleague, focuses on the mechanisms of coronary heart disease coronary heart disease: see coronary artery disease. coronary heart disease or ischemic heart disease Progressive reduction of blood supply to the heart muscle due to narrowing or blocking of a coronary artery (see atherosclerosis). (CHD CHD coronary heart disease. ChD abbr. Latin Chirurgiae Doctor (Doctor of Surgery) CHD, n.pr See disease, coronary heart. CHD canine hip dysplasia. ). In 21 other chapters, international clinicians and researchers introduce the concept of CHD risk equivalence and a chronic care model to manage such patients. They discuss diagnosis, therapeutic options, and the links between metabolic syndrome, diabetes, CHD, chronic kidney disease Chronic kidney disease (CKD), also know as chronic renal disease, is a progressive loss of renal function over a period of months or years through five stages. Each stage is a progression through an abnormally low and progressively worse glomerular filtration rate, which is , and sleep apnea; and future directions (e.g., gene therapy). ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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