title: Vascular disease risk markers in diabetes: monitoring & intervention.
abstract: Identifying and treating risk markers for vascular disease in diabetes is significant in preventing long-term disabilities and containing health care costs. Current research recommends maintaining normal blood glucose levels in all diabetes patients. Blood glucose that is elevated for several years is a major factor in the development and progression of microvascular diabetes complications. Patients play a key role in monitoring vascular disease risk markers. This article provides information on the risk markers to monitor, microvascular and macrovascular complications, and current therapies to combat complication progression.
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colo., USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jernigan
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000032:analysis; D003663:Decision Trees; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents