Practical prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetesmellitus type 2 in an endocrinological department

Aim. To analyse retrospectively quality of medical correction of modified risk factors (RF) and treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients with diabetes mellitus type (DM) 2 admitted to specialized endocrinological departments. Material and methods. Analysis of medication policy of CVD R...

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Published inTerapevtic̆eskii arhiv Vol. 79; no. 12; pp. 32 - 36
Main Authors L V Daurbekova, V A Orlov, S R Gilyarevsky, E S Abirova, L I Murzabekova
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published "Consilium Medicum" Publishing house 01.12.2004
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cardiovascular diseases
diabetes mellitus type 2
prevention
treatment
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Summary:Aim. To analyse retrospectively quality of medical correction of modified risk factors (RF) and treatment of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in patients with diabetes mellitus type (DM) 2 admitted to specialized endocrinological departments. Material and methods. Analysis of medication policy of CVD RF was made retrospectively for 250 patients treated in endocrinological departments of Moscow hospital in 2003. Results. Arterial hypertension, coronary heart disease were diagnosed in 93.2 and 87.2% examinees. History of myocardial infarction and brain stroke was in 8.4 and 6% patients. Statins were prescribed in 2.4% cases. Examination for dyslipidemia was not satisfactory. ACE inhibitors were prescribed in 71.2% patients. Aspirin was prescribed (18%) primarily by the cardiologist. Conclusion. Quality of medical prophylaxis of CVD RF in DM type 2 patients in the departments does not satisfy modern clinical recommendations.
ISSN:0040-3660
2309-5342