Issue 1/2007

Issue: 1/2007 Author: Maria Orbetzova, Sabina Zacharieva, Iliana Atanassova, Boika Milcheva, Rositza Shigarminova, Nina Aslanova Abstract:  The aim of the study was to compare adiponectin levels between women with android obesity (n=42) and clinically healthy women with normal weight and body proportions (n=22), and to search for relationship to leptin, blood pressure, and parameters of carbohydrate […]

Issue: 1/2007 Author: Emil Nachev, Sabina Zaharieva Abstract:  Acromegaly is a clinical syndrome that develops when excessive growth hormone (GH) secretion is present. Hypersomatotropism increases cardiovascular morbidity which the main cause of mortality in up to 80 % of acromegaly patients. Even with the contemporary means of treatment that affect significantly hypersomatotropism, cardiovascular mortality among acromegaly […]

Issue: 1/2007 Author: K.Hristozov, M.Siderova, A.Penev Abstract:  Thyroid dysfunction has well-characterized deleterious effects on the cardiovascular system. Hyperthyroidism is known to induce many cardiovascular events such as tachycardia, systolic hypertension and predisposition to dysrrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation. Hypothyroidism causes hypercholesterolemia, coronary heart disease and heart failure. In order to determine the relationship between thyroid dysfunction and […]

Issue: 1/2007 Author: Petkova M., S.Ganeva, G.Nicoloff Abstract:  Accumulation of the advanced glycation end-products (AGE) in the arterial wall plays a key role in the pathogenesis of micro- and macro-vascular complications in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). Identification of the glycated proteins with different half-life may be used for evaluation of glycemic control during certain period. […]

Issue: 1/2007   Author: Anna-Maria Borissova, Russanka Kovatcheva, Alexander Shinkov, Iliana Atanassova, Mirtsho Vukov, Nina Aslanova, Jordan Vlachov, Lilia Dakovska Abstract: Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in non-selected Bulgarian population aged ≥ 20 years.   Research design and methods: Data from a structured questionnaire and brief physical […]

Issue: 1/2007 Author: Nevena Chakarova Abstract:  “Prediabetes” is a relatively new term, including two conditions of abnormal glucose tolerance – impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), taking an intermediate position between normoglycemia and diabetes.   Similarly to diabetes, “prediabetes” is gaining the size of an epidemic, affecting 10 to 30 % of world’s […]