PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Parry, Nicola ED - Gaita, Dan ED - Gamra, Habib ED - Heagerty, Tony TI - Perspectives in the Management of Patients with DM and CVD DP - 2015 Nov 27 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 25--26 VI - 14 IP - 16 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/16/25.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/14/16/25.full AB - The early identification of diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is essential to establish prevention strategies, which should be based on total risk for CVD. In patients with diabetes and hypertension, the current evidence supports a treatment goal of 140.90 mmHg. Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery is the optimal revascularization strategy in patients with diabetes, based on data from the FREEDOM trial.