Evaluating and Lowering Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Diabetes

The American Diabetes Association provides recommendations on core areas of clinical care.

Sponsoring Organization: American Diabetes Association (ADA)

Target Audience: Primary care clinicians, hospitalists, endocrinologists, cardiologists

Background

The ADA offers annual graded recommendations on diabetes management, with evidence quality–graded ratings (A=large randomized clinical trials or meta-analyses; B=cohort studies; C=uncontrolled observational studies; E=expert consensus). This review is a synopsis of the ADA's recommendations for managing cardiovascular disease (CVD) in diabetic patients, which was published in full in the January 2018 issue of Diabetes Care (Diabetes Care 2018; 41(Suppl 1):S86).

Key Recommendations

Recommendations focus on four core areas of diabetic clinical care:

Hypertension and Blood Pressure (BP) Contr…

Reviewing Author

Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP

Disclosures

RoyaltiesMcGraw-Hill; Elsevier

Editorial BoardsMedical Clinics of North America; Caribbean Medical Journal International Advisory Panel (2021–2026)