Early prediction of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 1 diabetes

The authors review approaches to the early prediction of cardiovascular diseases in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, e.g. using central arterial pressure, arterial stiffness, and a loss of arterial stiffness gradient. The bulk of data was presented either on diabetes mellitus in general or on type 2 diabetes mellitus, while there is a clear gap in information on type 1 diabetes mellitus. The study of the elastic properties of the vascular bed in these patients can become the basis for the early prevention of cardiovascular complications.

Key words

Cardiovascular diseases, type 1 diabetes mellitus, central arterial pressure, arterial stiffness, a loss of arterial stiffness gradient.