CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 35, no. 3, 2009

Possible Correlation between Diabetic Retinopathy and Atherosclerosis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

[Original paper]

T. POPESCU(1), C. PRITULESCU(1), M. MOTA(2)


(1)University Hospital CF Craiova;
(2)Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases Department University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova;


Abstract:

Diabetes and especially type 2 diabetes is currently a global problem for public health, through the epidemic evolution that this disease gained, but especially through the macro and micro-vascular complications, diabetic retinopathy being one of the first signs of micro-vascular damage. The fact that retinal changes may be a signal for cardio vascular events is not yet clearly demonstrated and is a theme which can offer us big surprises in the future.


Keywords: diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy, atherosclerosis, intima-media thickness, cardiovascular risk



Corresponding: Tomina Popescu MD, University Hospital CF Craiova University of Medicine and Pharmacy Craiova, Str Petru Rares nr. 4, 200456


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.35.03.12 - Download PDF
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