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.