Open AccessAngina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach
Author(s) -
Eugenio Roberto Cosentino,
Elisa Rebecca Rinaldi,
Claudio Borghi
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
clinical management issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2283-3137
pISSN - 1973-4832
DOI - 10.7175/cmi.v2i3.568
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , angina , risk factor , intensive care medicine , cardiology , surgery , myocardial infarction , endocrinology
Diabetes mellitus, both of type 1 and 2, is an important risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis: in diabetic patients vascular atherosclerotic complications are responsible of approximately 80% of all the deaths. There is no doubt that patients affections originating from diabetes and coronaropathy remain at high risk. For this reason it is essential to adopt an aggressive strategy of secondary prevention. We report a case of a patient with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: the successful management was due to an integrated approach that involved the general practitioner and cardiologist