This review highlights the significantly increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus and discusses their management.
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Underscores need for vigilant CVD prevention in diabetes; confirms established risk elevation but leaves optimal strategies open.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes mellitus. Patients with diabetes mellitus have a 2 to 4 time’s higher risk of cardiovascular disease and up to a 3 times increase in mortality than non diabetics. The accelerated rate of atherosclerosis seen in diabetes mellitus predisposes patients to coronary artery disease and to higher rates of myocardial infarction and death. This review article discusses cardiovascular disease in diabetics and the management of these patients.
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