New approach to diabetes care: from blood glucose to cardiovascular disease

• Tipo: Outra Publicação em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2019

Autores

Aguiar, C (Autor) Outra; Duarte, R (Autor) Outra; Carvalho, Davide (Autor) FMUP

Revista

Título: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Vol. 38

Páginas: 53-63

ISSN: 0870-2551

Editora: Sociedade Portuguesa De Cardiologia

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 8 Citações

Scopus - 6 Citações

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-00Q-4VF

DOI: 10.1016/j.repc.2018.03.013

Abstract (EN): Diabetes, a metabolic disease with vascular consequences due to accelerated atherosclerosis, is one of the 21st century's most prevalent chronic diseases. Characterized by inability to produce or use insulin, leading to hyperglycemia and insulin deficiency, diabetes causes a variety of microvascular (such as retinopathy and kidney disease) and macrovascular complications (including myocardial infarction and stroke) which reduce the quality of life and life expectancy of individuals with diabetes. We describe the close relationship between diabetes, cardiovascular risk factors, and cardiovascular disease, and examine multifactorial approaches to diabetes treatment, including reducing cardiovascular risk in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Finally, we analyze new prospects for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, resulting from the development of novel antidiabetic drugs. The aim of this review is that the clinician should assume the crucial role of guiding individuals with diabetes in the control of their disease, in order to improve their quality of life and prognosis. In view of the currently available evidence, the emergence of new glucose-reducing therapies with proven cardiovascular benefit means that the best therapeutic strategy for diabetes must go beyond reducing hyperglycemia and aim to reduce cardiovascular risk. (C) 2018 Sociedade Portuguesa de Cardiologia. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U.

Idioma: Português

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 11