Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease

Among individuals with diabetes, cardiovascular disease CVD is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality Adults with diabetes have a two- to fourfold higher risk of CVD The most life-threatening consequences of diabetes are heart disease and stroke, affecting people with diabetes twice as often. Diabetes speeds up the development of atherosclerosis. More than 65 of deaths in diabetes patients are attributed to heart and vascular disease. Steve Marso, an interventional cardiologist who specializes in atherosclerosis and its effects within the diabetic patient population, will completely revise his book. Much of the first