Background: Given that most deaths among patients with diabetes mellitus are due to
cardiovascular disease, we sought to determine the extent to which medications proven to …

This article presents a series of take-home statements, compiled by a multidisciplinary
steering committee, concerning significant aspects of macrovascular disease in patients with …

In all patients with diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors should be systematically assessed at
least annually. These risk factors include dyslipidemia, hypertension, smoking, a family …

Cardiovascular disease is the most prevalent and detrimental complication of diabetes
mellitus. The incidence of cardiovascular mortality in diabetic subjects without a clinical …

Most patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus develop cardiovascular disease (CVD), with
substantial loss of life expectancy. Nonfatal CVD contributes greatly to excess healthcare …

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes.
Cardiovascular disease in diabetes is multifactorial, and control of the cardiovascular risk …

Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus are at increased risk for macrovascular disease
complications. Hyperglycemia and atherosclerotic disease clearly are associated, and …

PREVIEW Diabetic patients are at high risk for morbidity and mortality from vascular
complications. Therefore, it is important to identify and modify cardiovascular risk factors …

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) ddefined as acute coronary syndromes
(ACSs), a history of myocardial infarction (MI), stable or unstable angina, coronary or other …

Diabetes remains one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD), and
atherosclerotic vascular diseases constitute the most important group of complications …