RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Buckley, Rita
T1 Cardioprotective Therapies and Diabetes Risk: An Overview
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2011
FD SAGE Publications
VO 11
IS 11
SP 6
OP 7
DO 10.1177/155989771111001
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/11/6.abstract
AB Diabetes confers approximately a 2-fold excess risk for coronary heart disease, major stroke subtypes, and deaths that are attributed to other vascular causes. In this decade, about 10% of vascular deaths in developed countries have been tributable to diabetes in adults. This article discusses the risk of diabetes in patients who are on cardioprotective medications.