Journal article
Diabetes for Cardiologists: Practical Issues in Diagnosis and Management
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM), a chronic metabolic disease characterized by hyperglycemia, is a profound cardiovascular (CV) risk factor. It compounds the effects of all other risk factors, leads to premature micro- and macrovascular disease, facilitates development of heart failure, worsens the clinical course of all CV diseases, and shortens life expectancy. Established DM, unrecognized DM, and dysglycemia that may progress to DM are all commonly …
Authors
Mancini GBJ; Cheng AY; Connelly K; Fitchett D; Goldenberg R; Goodman SG; Leiter LA; Lonn E; Paty B; Poirier P
Journal
Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 366–377
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2017
DOI
10.1016/j.cjca.2016.07.512
ISSN
0828-282X