1. Causal connections / Burton E. Sobel and David J. Schneider -- 2. Types of diabetes and their implications regarding heart and vascular disease / Harold E. Lebovitz -- 3. Recognition and assessment of insulin resistance / William T. Cefalu -- 4. Hypertension, diabetes, and the heart / Tevfic Ecder, Melinda L. Hockensmith, Didem Korular, and Robert W. Schrier -- 5. Hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and the heart / Henry N. Ginsberg -- 6. The coagulation and fibrinolytic systems, diabetes, and the heart : therapeutic implications for patients with type 2 diabetes / David J. Schneider and Burton E. Sobel -- 7. Insulin resistance, compensatory hyperinsulinemia, and coronary heart disease : syndrome x / Gerald M. Reaven -- 8. Detection and diagnosis of syndromes of insulin resistance and of diabetes mellitus / Edward S. Horton -- 9. Polycystic ovary syndrome, insulin resistance, and cardiovascular disease / Matthew C. Corcoran and David A. Ehrmann -- 10. Detection and diagnosis of heart disease in diabetic and prediabetic subjects / Srihari Thanigaraj and Julio E. Perez -- 11. treatment of diabetes : implications for heart disease / Thomas A. Buchanan, Howard N. Hodis, and Wendy J. Mack -- 12. Management of patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease / William E. Boden -- 13. Pathophysiology and managment of congestive heart failure in patients with diabetes mellitus / Martin M. LeWinter -- 14. Special therapeutic considerations : coronary interventions and coronary surgery / John S. Douglas, Jr. -- 15. Nonpharmacological reduction of cardiovascular risk / Virginia Peragallo-Dittko -- 16. Future directions : elucidation of mechanisms as targets for therapy / David J. Schneider and Burton E. Sobel.