Marco Matteo Ciccone
Cardiovascular Diseases Section, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (DETO),
piazza G. Cesare,11 –70124 Bari
Italy
Review Article
Endothelial Function in Pre-diabetes, Diabetes and Diabetic Cardiomyopathy: A Review
Author(s): Marco Matteo Ciccone, Pietro Scicchitano, Matteo Cameli, Annagrazia Cecere, Francesca Cortese, Ilaria Dentamaro, Francesco Gentile, Michele Gesualdo, Maria Maiello, Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Salvatore Novo, Pasquale Palmiero, Pier Sergio Saba, Annapaola Zito, Anna Vittoria Mattioli, Roberto Pedrinelli and on behalf of the Working Group on Hypertension, Prevention & Rehabilitation of the Società ItalianaMarco Matteo Ciccone, Pietro Scicchitano, Matteo Cameli, Annagrazia Cecere, Francesca Cortese, Ilaria Dentamaro, Francesco Gentile, Michele Gesualdo, Maria Maiello, Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Maria Lorenza Muiesan, Salvatore Novo, Pasquale Palmiero, Pier Sergio Saba, Annapaola Zito, Anna Vittoria Mattioli, Roberto Pedrinelli and on behalf of the Working Group on Hypertension, Prevention & Rehabilitation of the Società Italiana
Diabetes mellitus worsens cardiovascular risk profile of affected individuals. Its worldwide increasing prevalence and its negative influences on vascular walls morphology and function are able to induce the expression of several morbidities which worsen the clinical conditions of the patients getting them running towards a reduced survival curve.
Although overt diabetes increases the mortality rate of individuals due to its pathogenesis, poor information are in literature about the role of pre-diabetes and family history of diabetes mellitus in the outcome of general population.
This emphasizes the importance of early detection of vascular impairment in subjects at risk of developing diabetes.
The identification of early stages of atherosclerotic diseases in diabetic persons is a fundamental step in the risk stratification protocols followed-up by physic.. View More»
