Open AccessElderly patient with complex concomitant cardiovascular disease
Author(s) -
Vincenzo Cimino,
Cristina Albrici,
Angela Ida Pincelli,
Damiano Calella,
Silvia Galliani,
Francesca Pesenti,
Mario Perotti
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
aboutopen
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2465-2628
DOI - 10.19156/abtpn.2018.0051
Subject(s) - diabetology , medicine , diabetes mellitus , concomitant , disease , intensive care medicine , cause of death , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology
The clinical case we present shows that an inadequate pharmacological treatment of type 2 diabetes does not prevent complications affecting especially the cardiovascular system. Cardiovascular events remain the leading cause of death in people with diabetes. The optimal management of the patient described required a global reassessment and the introduction of new therapies which were adapted according to diabetes progression with its associated complications (Diabetology).