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It has long been recognized that diabetes is associated with a high cardiovascular risk, although this is not the same in all patients. Diabetes frequently coexists with other risk factors that will enhance this cardiovascular risk, including hypertension, dyslipidemia, and platelet dysfunction. Treatment of all these risk factors is essential to lower the risk in both primary and secondary cardiovascular prevention settings. The choice of antidiabetic agent may also impact this risk, as some classes have been shown to decrease cardiovascular mortality and others will increase the risk of hypoglycemia, and may have an impact on cardiovascular events.
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Ku, C.H.C. (2020). Vascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes. In: Faintuch, J., Faintuch, S. (eds) Obesity and Diabetes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53370-0_37
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