Yes, hyperglycaemia is indeed a modifiable cardiac risk factor: so says Mendel
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Yes, hyperglycaemia is indeed a modifiable cardiac risk factor: so says Mendel.
The presence of diabetes is clearly associated with excess cardiovascular risk. However, much controversy exists over whether current glucose-lowering strategies in type 2 diabetes mellitus in fact reduce cardiovascular event rates. Older data had suggested that lowering blood glucose reduced ischaemic events, but contemporary trials of relatively short duration have challenged the long-held co...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv094