Diabetes is a common metabolic disorder associated to elevated cardiovascular morbidity
and mortality that is not explained by hyperglycemia or traditional cardiovascular risk factors …

Vascular calcification, long thought to result from passive degeneration, involves a complex,
regulated process of biomineralization resembling osteogenesis. Evidence indicates that …

Background—Intensive diabetes mellitus therapy of type 1 diabetes mellitus reduces
diabetes mellitus complications but can be associated with excess weight gain, central …

Rationale: Obstructive sleep apnea, a condition leading to chronic intermittent hypoxia
(CIH), is associated with hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, and a high cardiovascular risk. A …

OBJECTIVE To assess insulin action on peripheral glucose utilization and nonesterified fatty
acid (NEFA) suppression as a predictor of coronary artery calcification (CAC) in patients with …

OBJECTIVE—The aim of this data analysis was to ascertain the type and prevalence rate as
well as age and sex distribution of cardiovascular risk factors in type 1 diabetic patients up to …

The Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (EDIC) study, an
observational follow-up of the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) type 1 …

2 (T2D) diabetes patients. Although the microvascular complications of T1D are well studied,
macrovascular CVD, its treatment, and link to diabetes have been investigated primarily in …

Rationale: Vascular calcification is a serious cardiovascular complication that contributes to
the increased morbidity and mortality of patients with diabetes mellitus. Hyperglycemia, a …

Current guidelines and literature on screening for coronary artery calcium for cardiac risk
assessment are reviewed for both general and special populations. It is shown that for both …