Reviews of the Second Edition
". . .provides a great resource for readers needing to learn more about the relationship between these disease entities. The book is recommended for any series student of diabetes. In particular, cardiologists and cardiology fellows, as well as cardiovascular surgeons and fellows, should be familiar with the material in it. It is also a valuable resource for those with more advanced knowledge of diabetes, such as endocrinologists and researchers active in the field of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases." -The New England Journal of Medicine
"This second edition is a timely work by many eminent contributors. It summarizes the vast knowledge about diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease into one volume." - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
From Reviews of the First Edition...
"All practicing clinicians would find some value in this text, but especially cardiologists and internal medicine practitioners as well as vascular specialists. Family medicine physicians and medical students would find it a good reference. . .This is indeed a comprehensive review of the vascular implications of diabetes. It is an important book because of the increasing prevalence of diabetes in our society. The book provides a good starting point for researchers since one can be struck after reading it that there are many opportunities for investigation presented here. It is a worthwhile addition to the medical literature. "-Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
"...covers the range of problems, both clinical and biochemical, that arise in the cardiovascular system of those with diabetes. I highly recommend the book to interested medical students and residents and all clinicians who work with patients with diabetes." - Canadian Family Physician
"...could serve as a clinical textbook as well as a source and stimulus for further research in the field of diabetes associatedcardiovascular disease. It addresses the needs of general physicians, specialists and medical students." -Diabetologia
"...particularly timely...fills a need in the scientific literature that is only now beginning to be appreciated." -Preventive Cardiology
"....highly recommended to clinicians as well as to researchers interested in diabetes." -Acta Cardiologica
"...a comprehensive review of the vascular implications of diabetes...a worthwhile addition to the medical literature." -Doody's Health Sciences Book Review Journal
"...could serve as a clinical textbook as well as a source and stimulus for further research in the field of diabetes associated cardiovascular disease. It addresses the needs of general physicians, specialists and medical students." -Diabetologia
3 Stars from Doody
Reviews clinical and scientific aspects of diabetic cardiovascular disease, discussing mechanisms and risk factors of diabetes in relation to hypertension, dyslipidemia, thrombosis, atherosclerosis, coronary artery disease, and congestive heart failure. Part I reviews the mechanisms and risk factors for diabetic cardiovascular disease, and Part II focuses on the heart in diabetes mellitus. The peripheral vascular system is the subject of Part III, which addresses epidemiology, mechanisms, methods of assessment, and treatment of this macrovascular disease. Part IV reviews microvascular effects in patients with diabetes mellitus, including retinopathy, nephropathy, neuropathy, and microcirculation of the diabetic foot. Of interest to cardiologists, internists, vascular specialists, diabetologists, endocrinologists, and family physicians. The editors are affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Reviewer: John F. Moran, MD (Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine)
Description: This book, one in the Contemporary Cardiology series, focuses on the vascular and microvascular abnormalities seen in diabetes as well as their clinical implications. Pathophysiology of diabetes takes up the biggest fo the book's four sections.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a comprehensive review of the basic and clinical aspects of diabetic vascular disease for the clinician. These are worthy objectives and this book meets them well.
Audience: All practicing clinicians would find some value in this text, but especially cardiologists and internal medicine practitioners as well as vascular specialists. Family medicine physicians and medical students would find it a good reference.
Features: All of the chapters focus on the endothelium and the microcirculation from the pre-diabetic state to the macrocirculation in the coronary arteries, the peripheral arteries, the retina, the kidney, and the nerves. The largest section, 13 chapters, is on pathophysiology. There are intensive discussions of the metabolic syndrome including insulin resistance from an evolutionary viewpoint. Insulin induced vasodilatation mediated by nitric oxide is reviewed as are the implications of leptin, tumor necrosis factor alpha, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-I. How diabetic retinopathy is related to protein kinase C is reviewed. Management of retinal problems including a consideration of laser photo coagulation is presented. Diabetic nephropathy and the implications of atrial natriuretic peptide, nitric oxide inhibition, and the use of ACE inhibitors is reviewed. The importance of hypertension and hyperlipidemia in these cases is also reviewed. Diabetic neuropathy presents the most difficult area and probably has the least amount of data at this point. All chapters are well referenced and many of the chapters have more than 100 references.
Assessment: This is indeed a comprehensive review of the vascular implications of diabetes. It is an important book because of the increasing prevalence of diabetes in our society. The book provides a good starting point for researchers since one can be struck after reading it that there are many opportunities for investigatioin presented here. It is a worthwhile addition to the medical literature.
