Metabolic syndrome is not associated with reduction in aortic distensibility in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus

BACKGROUND: Aortic distensibility (AD) is a marker of the elastic properties of the aorta. Reduction of AD occurs early in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and it is associated with subclinical generalized atherosclerosis. Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is common in subjects with T2DM and pr...

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Autores principales: Tentolouris, Nicholas, Papazafiropoulou, Athanasia, Moyssakis, Ioannis, Liatis, Stavros, Perrea, Despoina, Kostakis, Maria, Katsilambros, Nicholas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18171473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-7-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235836/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18171473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-7-1

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