Abdominal aortic aneurysms: do not underestimate the role of diabetes

Affiliations

¹ a Diabetes Clinic, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School , Democritus University of Thrace , Alexandroupolis , Greece.
² b Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine , University of Cologne , Cologne , Germany.

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K Pafili et al. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015 Dec.

. 2015 Dec;13(12):1289-90.

doi: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1100537. Epub 2015 Oct 10.

¹ a Diabetes Clinic, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School , Democritus University of Thrace , Alexandroupolis , Greece.
² b Center for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine , University of Cologne , Cologne , Germany.

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Keywords: aortic aneurysm; atherosclerosis; diabetes mellitus; pathophysiology.

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In response: abdominal aortic aneurysms: do not underestimate the role of diabetes.
Kuivaniemi H, Ryer EJ, Elmore JR, Tromp G. Kuivaniemi H, et al. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015 Dec;13(12):1291-2. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1100538. Epub 2015 Oct 15. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015. PMID: 26469388 No abstract available.

Understanding the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Kuivaniemi H, Ryer EJ, Elmore JR, Tromp G. Kuivaniemi H, et al. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015;13(9):975-87. doi: 10.1586/14779072.2015.1074861. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2015. PMID: 26308600 Free PMC article. Review.