TREATMENT OF ELDERLY DIABETIC PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

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Abstract
The greater incidence of arteriosclerosis in diabetic patients and the younger age groups in which it occurs have long been recognized. More recently diabetes has come to be regarded as one of the important causes of angina pectoris. With the advent of insulin, the prolongation of diabetic life, especially as regards children, has rendered the problem of this form of cardiovascular disease more pressing. The etiologic relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular disease and the problem involved in the treatment of these allied conditions have been the subjects of much speculation with but a slow advance in knowledge. The introduction of insulin has not made matters much clearer. On the contrary, the more rigid control of the metabolic disturbance made possible by the use of this hormone has made it evident that during the rigorous treatment of the diabetic symptoms, the cardiovascular status of the patient may not only remain unimproved,

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