Pioglitazone improves the cardio-ankle vascular index in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus treated with metformin

BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes is known to be associated with elevated cardiovascular mortality. Pioglitazone improves blood pressure (BP) and pulse wave velocity (PWV), which is an arterial stiffness parameter. Arterial stiffness is closely associated with cardiovascular disease. However, PWV is corre...

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Autores principales: Ohira, Masahiro, Yamaguchi, Takashi, Saiki, Atsuhito, Ban, Noriko, Kawana, Hidetoshi, Nagumo, Ayako, Murano, Takeyoshi, Shirai, Kohji, Tatsuno, Ichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4113307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25092992
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S65275

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4113307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25092992
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/DMSO.S65275

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