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Diabetes and heart disease

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Epidemiology -- Definition and the magnitude of association in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes -- Pathology and pathogenesis -- Major risk factors for heart disease in type 1 diabetes, including renal disease, insulin resistance and glycemic control -- Major risk factors for heart disease in type 2 diabetes, including insulin resistance and glycemic control -- Haptoglobin genotype and heart disease risk in diabetes.…”
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Diabetic cardiology

Subjects: “…Heart Diseases.…”
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Stroke induced heart injury

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The cardiovascular complications of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Entry of SARS-CoV-2 into the cardiovascular system -- The direct and indirect effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the heart -- How to identify and diagnose heart damage during infection -- Possible long-term cardiovascular complications -- How heart diseases are being affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Rheumatic fever a model of a post-infectious autoimmune disease /

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Autoimmunity in humans -- Infectious agents can induce breakage of tolerance to self to trigger & maintain autoimmune disease -- Rheumatic Fever & Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) as paradigms of post-infectious autoimmune disease -- Medical & sociological importance of RHD -- Genes involved in susceptibility -- T cell mediated autoimmunity -- Molecular mimicry -- Role of Th1 cells in human autoimmunity -- How chemokines can drive disease to different site -- Identification of autoimmune vs. anti-infection triggering epitopes -- Vaccine development to avoid infections & autoimmune disease.…”
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