[The effect of antiaggregants on the course of diabetic microangiopathy].

As shown by conjunctival biomicroscopy, 6-month administration of ticlid and gliclazide induced a statistically significant increase in the frequency of less severe microcirculatory disturbances compared to conventional hypoglycemic therapy. The drugs also restricted plasmatic impregnation and cell proliferation in skin biopsy microvascular wall. Following 2-year antiaggregation treatment (gliclazide, trental, dipiridomol) 48.9% of diabetes mellitus patients achieved regression of morphological manifestations of diabetic microangiopathy, 16.2% stabilization against 34.9% of progressive disease cases. Conventional sugar-reducing therapy fails to stop diabetic microangiopathy progression in 73.4-93.3% of the diabetics.