Endocrine Abstracts

Cardiovascular disease is the major complication of diabetes that drives mortality and morbidity. Individuals with type 2 Diabetes have a 2-fold increased risk of major cardiovascular events (death, myocardial ischemia and stroke). There is also a 2–4-fold increased risk of heart failure, via mechanisms that are partially independent of underlying coronary disease and myocardial ischemia. Diabetes increases cardiovascular disease via multiple mechanisms including accelera...