Metformin Beyond Diabetes: Pleiotropic Benefits of Metformin in Attenuation of Atherosclerosis

BACKGROUND: Clinical studies show that metformin attenuates all‐cause mortality and myocardial infarction compared with other medications for type 2 diabetes, even at similar glycemic levels. However, there is paucity of data in the euglycemic state on the vasculoprotective effects of metformin. The...

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Autores principales: Forouzandeh, Farshad, Salazar, Gloria, Patrushev, Nikolay, Xiong, Shiqin, Hilenski, Lula, Fei, Baowei, Alexander, R. Wayne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25527624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.114.001202

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4338706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25527624
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.114.001202

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