This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Citing articles on HighWire  • Citing articles on Web of Science (3)  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2002;287:2488-2491.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Atlanta—Many patients with diabetes know about complications such as blindness and amputation while remaining unaware of the greater life-threatening risks of heart disease and stroke.

New findings presented at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) Annual Scientific Session emphasize the risk of heart disease for these patients and offer some hope that advances in prevention and therapy will improve the health and survival of those with diabetes.

John Buse, MD, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, speaking on behalf of the American Diabetic Association at the ACC meeting, cited a survey that found that 68% of people with diabetes failed to identify cardiovascular disease as a serious threat to their health. The survey results were released in February. But while these patients may be unaware of the risk, researchers are not, and they are compiling new evidence and strategies to combat . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES

Heart transplantation in diabetic recipients: A decade review of 161 patients at Columbia Presbyterian
Morgan et al.
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2004;127:1486-1492.
ABSTRACT | FULL TEXT  

Management of Diabetes and Hyperglycemia in Hospitals
Clement et al.
Diabetes Care 2004;27:553-591.
FULL TEXT