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Diabetes and vascular disease
Author(s) -
Garber Alan J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
diabetes, obesity and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.445
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1463-1326
pISSN - 1462-8902
DOI - 10.1046/j.1463-1326.2000.00003.x
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , disease , vascular disease , intensive care medicine , population , endocrinology , environmental health
Summary Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease are two of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the USA and worldwide. The impact of these conditions is even more profound in patients with diabetes. The aims of the Vascular Disease Working Group in the articles that follow are to review the impact of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease in the general population, and, specifically, in the patient with diabetes, and to suggest appropriate treatment. Important steps to decreasing the risk of these diseases in diabetic patients are strict glycaemic control, control of hypertension, and modification of dyslipidaemia.