Description Though traditionally viewed as metabolic disorder, diabetes is now considered a vascular disease as well. Most patients with diabetes
develop cardiovascular complications, accounting for the majority of deaths in diabetic patients. This book focuses on therapeutic strategies
for treating diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Titles include: role of insulin secretagogues and insulin sensitising agents; lipid
management; PCI vs. CABG in diabetic patients; intensive glycemic control in the management of patients with acute myocardial infarction;
and the strategy and selection of drug therapy for diabetes and hypertension.
Contents 1. Role of Insulin Secretagogues and Insulin Sensitizing Agents in Preventing CVD in Patients with Diabetes (Jawa/Fonseca) 2. The Role
of Lipid Management in Diabetes (Ganda) 3. PCI vs. CABG in Diabetic Patients (Mukherjee) 4. The Role of Intensive Glycemic Control
in the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (Zarich) 5. Diabetes and Hypertension, the Deadly Duet: Importance,
Therapeutic Strategy and Selection of Drug Therapy (Deedwania) 6. Prevention of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes: Trials
in the Horizon (Buse and Rosenstock) 7. Untitled (Deedwania)
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