Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: There is growing body of evidence that insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia can contribute to development and accelerate the progression of atherogenesis of large arteries. However, an association between the severity of angiographically confirmed atherosclerotic lesions of coronary arteries and the levels of insulin in the plasma in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) without history of diabetes mellitus or dysglycemia was not properly examined. The ai...