Diabetes News

Serum GA level is a better indicator than HbA1c for evaluating the presence and severity of CAD and predicting major adverse cardiac events in patients with T2DM (Cardiology)

An early invasive strategy yielded similar RR reductions in overall cardiovascular events in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. However, an invasive strategy appeared to reduce recurrent nonfatal MI to a greater extent in diabetic patients. These data support the updated guidelines that recommend an invasive strategy for patients with diabetes mellitus and non–ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

This review calls attention to the lack in knowledge, understanding, and general awareness of medical and scientific societies on how to treat and prevent diabetic vascular disease in women. Despite the evident gender-associated differences in the phathophysiology of CVD and the higher incidence of vascular disease in diabetic women, the trends and guidelines are dominated by data obtained in men (Experimental Diabetes Research)

Sedentary time is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular and all-cause mortality; the strength of the association is most consistent for diabetes (Diabetologia)

An analysis from the JUPITER trial (Lancet)

An early invasive strategy yielded similar RR reductions in overall cardiovascular events in diabetic and nondiabetic patients. However, an invasive strategy appeared to reduce recurrent nonfatal MI to a greater extent in diabetic patients (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)

Our data suggest that there is an association between good glycaemic control to obtain HbA1c levels (both pre-procedural glycaemic control and post-procedural) with a better clinical outcome after PCI (Cardiovascular Diabetology)

Older adults who have diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and 6 or more comorbid conditions may represent a subgroup of older adults who are less likely to benefit from intensive glycemic control (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Patients with DM and MetS displayed significant changes in QRS complex that suggest depolarization sequence deterioration (Journal of Electrocardiology)