6 voices in 10 minutes: Searching for the ideal target in the hypertensive patient with cardiovascular event

Authors

  • Silvana Alejandra Milrad Manuel Rocca Rehabilitation Hospital, Government of the City of Buenos Aires (GCBA), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v54i3Sup.316

Keywords:

arterial hypertension, diabetes

Abstract

6 voices in 10 minutes: Strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with diabetes mellitus

Searching for the ideal target in the hypertensive patient with cardiovascular event

Arterial hypertension (AH) is a major problem within Public Health given its elevated prevalence and because it is the main cause of morbimortality in a global scale.

One in three adults in the world exhibits AH, and it is the main factor contributing to coronary disease, cerebrovascular accidents and heart failure.

People with diabetes are 1.5-2 times more likely to develop AH in comparison to the general population. At the same time, hypertensive people have 2.5 times more risks of developing diabetes, also in comparison to the general public.

Author Biography

Silvana Alejandra Milrad, Manuel Rocca Rehabilitation Hospital, Government of the City of Buenos Aires (GCBA), Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Diabetologist

References

- Hipertensión Arterial y Diabetes: Guías de Recomendaciones para la Práctica Clínica Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Diabetes Vol. 49 N.º 2 junio de 2015: 50-68.

- 2019 ESC Guidelines on diabetes, pre-diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases developed in collaboration with the EASD. European Heart Journal 2020; 41:255-323.

- Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Management: Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2020. Diabetes Care 2020;43(Suppl. 1): S111–S134

- Macrovasculature and Microvasculature at the Crossroads Between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension. Hypertension June 2019; 1138-1149.

Published

2023-01-10

How to Cite

Milrad, S. A. (2023). 6 voices in 10 minutes: Searching for the ideal target in the hypertensive patient with cardiovascular event. Journal of the Argentine Society of Diabetes, 54(3Sup), 15–15. https://doi.org/10.47196/diab.v54i3Sup.316

Issue

Section

6 voices in 10 minutes part 2

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