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Cardiovascular disease accounts for nearly 80% of mortality among patients with diabetes mellitus in North America.
Discusses the evaluation of cardiac and peripheral arterial disease in patients with diabetes mellitus, a population with high cardiovascular mortality.
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Supports integrated CV evaluation in diabetes; leaves open optimal strategies to reduce this mortality burden.
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the diabetic population, accounting for close to 80% of the mortality in diabetic patients in North America (1,2). Patients with diabetes melli...
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Shen et al. (2007) studied this question. Cardiovascular disease accounts for nearly 80% of mortality among patients with diabetes mellitus in North America.
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