Diabetology for cardiologists
Open Access
- 1 January 2003
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Heart Journal Supplements
- Vol. 5, B5-B13
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1520-765x(03)90035-6
Abstract
The number of diabetic people will be doubled worldwide in the following 10 years, due to an increase in the number of type 2 diabetic patients. Because type 2 diabetes increases the risk for cardiovascular disease by two- to fourfold, cardiovascular complications will become a major health problem. This review will focus on definition, classification and diagnostic criteria for diabetes, risk factors for type 2 diabetes, macrovascular complications of diabetes, and prevention and treatment of coronary heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients.Keywords
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