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Cardiovascular Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: Has the Dawn of a New Era Arrived?
Hyperglycemia is the major risk factor for microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the principal cause of death, and lowering HbA1c has only a modest effect on reducing CVD risk and mortality. The recently published LEADER and SUSTAIN-6 trials demonstrate that, in T2D patients with high CVD risk, the glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists liraglutide and semaglutide reduce the primary major adverse cardiac events (MACE) end point (cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, nonfatal stroke) by 13% and 24%, respectively. The EMPA-REG OUTCOME, ...
Source: Diabetes Care - June 21, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Abdul-Ghani, M.; DeFronzo, R. A.; Del Prato, S.; Chilton, R.; Singh, R.; Ryder, R. E. J. Tags: Epidemiology-Diabetes Complications Perspectives in Care Source Type: research

Pioglitazone Prevents Diabetes in Patients With Insulin Resistance and Cerebrovascular Disease
CONCLUSIONS Among patients with insulin resistance but without diabetes who had had a recent ischemic stroke or TIA, pioglitazone decreased the risk of diabetes while also reducing the risk of subsequent ischemic events. Pioglitazone is the first medication shown to prevent both progression to diabetes and major cardiovascular events as prespecified outcomes in a single trial.
Source: Diabetes Care - September 21, 2016 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Inzucchi, S. E.; Viscoli, C. M.; Young, L. H.; Furie, K. L.; Gorman, M.; Lovejoy, A. M.; Dagogo-Jack, S.; Ismail-Beigi, F.; Korytkowski, M. T.; Pratley, R. E.; Schwartz, G. G.; Kernan, W. N.; for the IRIS Trial Investigators Tags: Clinical Care/Education/Nutrition/Psychosocial Research Source Type: research