Effect of alpha-lipoic acid on arterial stiffness parameters in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with cardiac autonomic neuropathy

Serhiyenko Victoria A.; Serhiyenko Ludmila M.; Sehin Volodymyr B.; Serhiyenko Alexandr A.

doi:10.2478/enr-2021-0024

Endocrine Regulations (Oct 2021)

Effect of alpha-lipoic acid on arterial stiffness parameters in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients with cardiac autonomic neuropathy

Serhiyenko Victoria A.,
Serhiyenko Ludmila M.,
Sehin Volodymyr B.,
Serhiyenko Alexandr A.

Affiliations

Serhiyenko Victoria A.: Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Serhiyenko Ludmila M.: Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Sehin Volodymyr B.: Lviv Regional State Clinical Treatment Endocrinological Center, Lviv, Ukraine
Serhiyenko Alexandr A.: Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/enr-2021-0024
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 55, no. 4
pp. 224 – 233

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Objective. Significantly underdiagnosed, diabetes-associated cardiac autonomic neuropathy (CAN) causes a wide range of cardiac disorders that may cause life-threatening outcomes. This study investigated the effects of alpha-lipoic acid (ALA) on arterial stiffness and insulin resistance (IR) parameters in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) patients and definite CAN.

Published in Endocrine Regulations

ISSN: 1336-0329 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/ENR

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