Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 814-817.doi: 10.16352/j.issn.1001-6325.2022.05.008

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Progress on the pathogenesis of cardiovascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

ZHENG Tian-sheng, TONG Xue-wei, ZHANG Yi-tong, ZHU Min, ZHAN Xiao-rong*   

  1. Department of Endocrinology,the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University,Harbin 150001,China
  • Received:2020-11-16 Revised:2021-04-30 Online:2022-05-05 Published:2022-04-28
  • Contact: * xiaorongzhan@sina.com

Abstract: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM) trend toward the multiple cardiovascular complications like coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, hypertension, heart failure. The causes and mechanisms leading to cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are complicated, which include persistent hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, metabolic disorders, oxidative stress, myocardial fibrosis, small vessel disease and cardiac autonomic neuropathy.

Key words: type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular complications, insulin resistance

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