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Can We Sever This Deadly Link? by Christopher D. Saudek, M.D.
Diabetic cardiovascular disease (DCVD) is the leading cause of death for people with diabetes, who are two to four times as likely to suffer heart trouble as people without diabetes. Should a person with diabetes have a heart attack, that patient is 70 percent more likely to die prematurely than a heart patient who does not have diabetes, according to a study published earlier this year in the research journal Diabetes Care. That is a sobering figure.
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Recently, the American Diabetes Association — in conjunction with numerous pharmaceutical companies and concurrent with the U.S. government— launched an unprecedented national assault on diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Association's three-year, multimillion-dollar campaign stems from grave concerns over the widespread failure of both doctors and patients to maintain recommended blood pressure, cholesterol, weight and triglyceride levels in people with diabetes, placing them at an extraordinary risk for heart disease and stroke.