PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jacobson, Anne
ED  - Duckworth, William
TI  - Intensive Therapy Fails to Improve Cardiovascular Outcomes in High-Risk Patients
DP  - 2008 Nov 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 13--14
VI  - 8
IP  - 7
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/7/13.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/8/7/13.full
AB  - Intensive glucose-lowering therapy, defined as aiming for HbA1C levels below 7%, improves glycemic control among high-risk patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. However, it has no long-term effect on cardiovascular outcomes in this patient population, according to findings from the Veterans Affairs Diabetes Trial [VADT].