36^th European Heart and Heart Failure Congress

The term "Diabetic heart disease" (DHD) means heart disease that occurs in people who have high content of carbohydrate in blood. In comparison with diabetic and non-diabetic people, diabetic people are at a higher risk of heart disease and have additional symptoms of heart disease. So they may develop heart disease at a younger age and may have more severe heart diseases.

 

Even though we are a small division at this time, currently consisting of 5 core scientists and 4 staff scientists, we have over $7 million (direct costs) of funding active during 2012-2013, with 70% coming from NIH and the rest from industry collaborations. Hence the scientific goal of this track is to understand the underlying causes and pathophysiology of obesity, diabetes, and associated metabolic diseases, as well as pursuing effective and safe interventions and therapeutics.