title: [Treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and coronary artery disease].
abstract: Of all patients presenting with coronary, artery disease, 20-30% already have a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type 2. Of the remaining patients, another 15-20% are found at presentation to have diabetes mellitus and 30% have glucose intolerance. Both conditions are major risk factors for the recurrence of coronary artery disease and mortality. The treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 always includes improvement in lifestyle, adequate blood-glucose control, cholesterol-lowering therapy and blood-pressure control. Furthermore, if one or more other traditional cardiovascular risk factors are present, or if the patient is over 40 years of age, acetylsalicylic acid must be added. Finally, with a prior history of coronary-artery disease, patients must be given an angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor. During percutaneous coronary interventions, patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 are preferably treated with a drug-eluting stent in combination with clopidogrel, and in case of an acute coronary syndrome, glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor antagonists are added to the standard treatment.
authors.affiliation: Universiteit van Amsterdam, afd. Cardiologie, B2-224, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam. j.j.wiersma@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Wiersma
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Trip
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Piek
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004032:Diet; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008019:Life Style; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D019039:Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex