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In clinical practice, patients with diabetes are not treated with the same intensity of vascular risk-reduction therapies as patients with a history of myocardial infarction, despite guidelines recommending they be treated as a coronary artery disease risk equivalent. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

January 26, 2007Diabetes CareOpen Access

Diabetes Is Not Treated as a Coronary Artery Disease Risk Equivalent

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Patients newly diagnosed with diabetes and those with first myocardial infarction

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BSBaiju R. ShahOntario Institute for Cancer Research JHJanet E. HuxNorthwestern University PAPeter C. AustinHeart Failure & Transplant

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Real-world adherence to diabetes as CAD risk equivalent appears inconsistent; leaves open effects on outcomes and need for targeted studies.

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Patients newly diagnosed with diabetes and those with first myocardial infarction

The text discusses whether diabetes is treated as a coronary artery disease risk equivalent in clinical practice, as recommended by guidelines.

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Shah et al. (2007) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1a2de10fc4dc4e42436bdf https://doi.org/10.2337/dc06-1654

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Real-world adherence to diabetes as CAD risk equivalent appears inconsistent; leaves open effects on outcomes and need for targeted studies.

Diabetes Is Not Treated as a Coronary Artery Disease Risk Equivalent

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Diabetes Is Not Treated as a Coronary Artery Disease Risk Equivalent

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