TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction [to Journal of Hypertension, Volume 25, Suppl 1]
AU - Chalmers, John
AU - Zanchetti, Alberto
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - The global epidemic of diabetes is gathering pace, and with it the attendant burden of vascular disease. It is now increasingly recognized that diabetes is at least as much a vascular disease as it is a metabolic disorder, with a wide range of macrovascular and microvascular complications that account for most of the morbidity and mortality, particularly in individuals with type 2 diabetes. The papers presented in this symposium highlight the double jeopardy suffered by patients with type 2 diabetes, both macrovascular and microvascular disease in full measure, and the interaction between abnormalities of large vessels and of the microcirculation in the pathogenesis of the characteristic vascular burden.
AB - The global epidemic of diabetes is gathering pace, and with it the attendant burden of vascular disease. It is now increasingly recognized that diabetes is at least as much a vascular disease as it is a metabolic disorder, with a wide range of macrovascular and microvascular complications that account for most of the morbidity and mortality, particularly in individuals with type 2 diabetes. The papers presented in this symposium highlight the double jeopardy suffered by patients with type 2 diabetes, both macrovascular and microvascular disease in full measure, and the interaction between abnormalities of large vessels and of the microcirculation in the pathogenesis of the characteristic vascular burden.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84862752130&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/01.hjh.0000271501.77572.ab
DO - 10.1097/01.hjh.0000271501.77572.ab
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 17579312
AN - SCOPUS:84862752130
VL - 25
SP - S1-S2
JO - Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension
JF - Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension
SN - 0952-1178
IS - Suppl 1
ER -