Who are the enemies? Diabetes mellitus ? a major risk factor for ischaemic myocardial injury: new directions in the management of acute coronary syndromes in the diabetic patient
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- 1 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Heart Journal Supplements
- Vol. 4 (suppl_G) , G21-G25
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1520-765x(02)90086-6
Abstract
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus is rapidly increasing, and cardiovascular disease is frequent already at the time of diagnosis. The diabetKeywords
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