Angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach

Diabetes mellitus, both of type 1 and 2, is an important risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis: in diabetic patients vascular atherosclerotic complications are responsible of approximately 80% of all the deaths. There is no doubt that patients affections originating from diabetes and co...

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Main Authors: Eugenio Roberto Cosentino, Elisa Rebecca Rinaldi, Claudio Borghi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SEEd 2008-09-01
Series:Clinical Management Issues
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Online Access:https://journals.seedmedicalpublishers.com/index.php/cmi/article/view/568
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spelling doaj-211dd73323ee4ac6b5ab412f69b9608c2020-11-24T20:53:16ZengSEEdClinical Management Issues1973-48322283-31372008-09-012312112610.7175/cmi.v2i3.568534Angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approachEugenio Roberto Cosentino0Elisa Rebecca Rinaldi1Claudio Borghi2U.O. di Medicina Interna (direttore Prof. C. Borghi). Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Biotecnologie Applicate “D. Campanacci”. Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi, BolognaU.O. di Medicina Interna (direttore Prof. C. Borghi). Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Biotecnologie Applicate “D. Campanacci”. Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi, BolognaU.O. di Medicina Interna (direttore Prof. C. Borghi). Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Biotecnologie Applicate “D. Campanacci”. Policlinico S. Orsola Malpighi, BolognaDiabetes mellitus, both of type 1 and 2, is an important risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis: in diabetic patients vascular atherosclerotic complications are responsible of approximately 80% of all the deaths. There is no doubt that patients affections originating from diabetes and coronaropathy remain at high risk. For this reason it is essential to adopt an aggressive strategy of secondary prevention. We report a case of a patient with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: the successful management was due to an integrated approach that involved the general practitioner and cardiologist.https://journals.seedmedicalpublishers.com/index.php/cmi/article/view/568Diabetes mellitusAnginaAtherosclerosis
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author Eugenio Roberto Cosentino
Elisa Rebecca Rinaldi
Claudio Borghi
spellingShingle Eugenio Roberto Cosentino
Elisa Rebecca Rinaldi
Claudio Borghi
Angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach
Clinical Management Issues
Diabetes mellitus
Angina
Atherosclerosis
author_facet Eugenio Roberto Cosentino
Elisa Rebecca Rinaldi
Claudio Borghi
author_sort Eugenio Roberto Cosentino
title Angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach
title_short Angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach
title_full Angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach
title_fullStr Angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach
title_full_unstemmed Angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach
title_sort angina in a diabetic patient: a case of integrated approach
publisher SEEd
series Clinical Management Issues
issn 1973-4832
2283-3137
publishDate 2008-09-01
description Diabetes mellitus, both of type 1 and 2, is an important risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis: in diabetic patients vascular atherosclerotic complications are responsible of approximately 80% of all the deaths. There is no doubt that patients affections originating from diabetes and coronaropathy remain at high risk. For this reason it is essential to adopt an aggressive strategy of secondary prevention. We report a case of a patient with multiple risk factors for cardiovascular diseases: the successful management was due to an integrated approach that involved the general practitioner and cardiologist.
topic Diabetes mellitus
Angina
Atherosclerosis
url https://journals.seedmedicalpublishers.com/index.php/cmi/article/view/568
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