International Consensus on the Diabetic Foot

✍ Scribed by Connor, Henry

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 55 KB
• Volume: 17
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1357-8170
• DOI: 10.1002/1528-252x(200009)17:6<194::aid-pdi94>3.0.co;2-g

✦ Synopsis

diabetes plus one or more additional cardiovascular risk factor. ACE inhibitors should now be considered alongside aspirin and statins for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in this high risk population.

Key points

$ Patients with diabetes are at very high cardiovascular risk $ In the HOPE study the risk of cardiovascular events was reduced by treatment with ramipril $ The reduction appeared to be independent of effects on blood pressure $ Ramipril treatment should be considered in diabetic patients with established cardiovascular disease, or who have multiple cardiovascular risk factors References