newsGP - Unraveling diabetes and heart
News DISPONSORS: New drugs and emerging strategies for risk profiling offer more options than ever before for managing CVD risk in people with diabetes. The new Heart Foundation webinar will discuss the latest clinical developments on CVD among people with diabetes. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death among people with diabetes, and about two thirds of cardiovascular deaths occur in people with diabetes or prediabetes in Australia. People living with diabetes are up to four times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, often considered to be at the same risk as someone who has previously had a heart attack or stroke. The risk of CVD is higher in people with a longer history of diabetes, microvascular complications and poor glycemic control. The overall risk of death among people with type 2 diabetes was substantially higher in those younger than 55 years, even when glycemic targets were met. Contemporary diabetes