Sudden cardiac death and diabetes mellitus

Abstract Sudden cardiac death (SCD) affects a significant percentage of diabetic patients. SCD in these patients can be due to several factors, such as diastolic dysfunction, heart failure, altered platelet function, inflammation, sympathetic nervous stimulation and other factors. In the present rev...

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Published in:Journal of diabetes and its complications 2014-07, Vol.28 (4), p.573-579
Main Authors: Vasiliadis, I, Kolovou, G, Mavrogeni, S, Nair, D.R, Mikhailidis, D.P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Arterial stiffness
Cardiovascular disease
Chronic kidney disease
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - epidemiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac - prevention & control
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 - therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy
Diabetic Angiopathies - complications
Diabetic Angiopathies - physiopathology
Diabetic Angiopathies - prevention & control
Diabetic Angiopathies - therapy
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - complications
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - physiopathology
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - prevention & control
Diabetic Cardiomyopathies - therapy
Disease Progression
Drug therapy
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Evidence-Based Medicine
Heart attacks
Heart failure
Humans
Mortality
Obesity
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Sudden cardiac death
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Summary:Abstract Sudden cardiac death (SCD) affects a significant percentage of diabetic patients. SCD in these patients can be due to several factors, such as diastolic dysfunction, heart failure, altered platelet function, inflammation, sympathetic nervous stimulation and other factors. In the present review, we discuss the association between diabetes mellitus and SCD.
ISSN:1056-8727
1873-460X
DOI:10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2014.02.003