Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) often appear as two sides of a coin: diabetes mellitus (DM) has been rated as an equivalent of coronary heart disease, and conversely, many patients with established coronary heart disease suffer from diabetes or its pre-states. Thus, it is high time that diabetologists and cardiologists join their forces to improve the quality management in diagnosis and care for the millions of patients who have both cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in common. The ESC and the EASD accepted this challenge and have developed joint, evidence-based guidelines for diabetes and CVD. Experts from both sides were asked to form a Task Force. An algorithm was developed to help discover CVD in patients with diabetes, and vice versa, the metabolic diseases in patients with coronary heart disease, setting the basis for appropriate joint therapy.
Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases
PRIORI, SILVIA GIULIANA;
2007-01-01
Abstract
Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) often appear as two sides of a coin: diabetes mellitus (DM) has been rated as an equivalent of coronary heart disease, and conversely, many patients with established coronary heart disease suffer from diabetes or its pre-states. Thus, it is high time that diabetologists and cardiologists join their forces to improve the quality management in diagnosis and care for the millions of patients who have both cardiovascular and metabolic diseases in common. The ESC and the EASD accepted this challenge and have developed joint, evidence-based guidelines for diabetes and CVD. Experts from both sides were asked to form a Task Force. An algorithm was developed to help discover CVD in patients with diabetes, and vice versa, the metabolic diseases in patients with coronary heart disease, setting the basis for appropriate joint therapy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
