Cardiology

In this week’s slide series, courtesy Dr. Stanley Schwartz, we review some of the basics of diabetes mellitus but this time from a cardiologist’s perspective, focusing in on the connections between diabetes and heart disease…. To download the complete set of these slides in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, just use this …

A synergistic effect may exist between HbA1c level and dietary sodium intake for the development of CVD…. 

This study showed that fenofibrate was very effective in lowering total, LDL, non-HDL cholesterol significantly in female diabetic patients compared to male patients…. 

Treatment of prediabetes and prevention of type 2 diabetes reduces cardiovascular risk…. 

Weight loss at any age in adulthood is worthwhile because it could yield long-term heart and vascular benefits…. 

The cardiovascular morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes are well established, so much so that type 2 diabetes has been described as a cardiovascular disease presenting as a metabolic disorder. Patients with type 2 diabetes are particularly at risk for atherosclerosis; so medications with ancillary vascular benefits are particularly useful, …

The effects of GLP-1 agonists and DPP-IV inhibitors on cardiovascular safety…. 

What the studies really say…. 

Intensive blood sugar goal may not be the answer…. 

Glycemic control for diabetic, dialysis patients linked to cardiovascular events….