Volume 4, Issue 2 pp. 107-112

Screening Guidelines for Coronary Heart Disease in Diabetes: Current Recommendations

Sarabjeet Singh MD

Sarabjeet Singh MD

From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL

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Jasleen Duggal MD

Jasleen Duggal MD

From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL

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Natalia Khosla MD

Natalia Khosla MD

From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL

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Rohit Arora MD

Rohit Arora MD

From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL

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First published: 13 April 2009
Citations: 1
Sarabjeet Singh, MD, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Chicago Medical School, 3001 Green Bay Road, North Chicago, IL 60064
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Abstract

Diabetes and cardiovascular disease are so intertwined with one another that the presence of one prompts a search for the other. Diabetes has been considered to be equivalent to coronary heart disease (CHD), and conversely many patients with known CHD have concomitant diabetes or its pre-states. This review has been compiled based on the guidelines of the American Diabetes Association, the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel (NCEP ATP III), the European Society of Cardiology, and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. A systematic approach was developed by the European Society of Cardiology and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes recently to help detect CHD in patients with diabetes and to detect metabolic diseases in patients with CHD.This article is intended for the clinician in everyday practice focusing on the impact of recent advances in the prevention and management of CHD in diabetic patients and the background behind it.

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