title: [Percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetes mellitus: an updated analysis of medical practice].
abstract: Patients with diabetes and coronary artery disease are frequently considered for myocardial revascularization procedures, aiming at cardiovascular events risk reduction and a better quality of life. In clinical practice, decisions concerning surgery or percutaneous coronary intervention are frequently difficult, because of cases' severity, disease extension and co-morbidities association. Beyond that, the bulk of literature information was generated by subgroup analysis of randomized clinical trials, which were designed for the general population, not for diabetics. The aim of this study was to review literature on coronary percutaneous intervention in diabetic patients, and also to show recent data from the experience in this procedure at the Catheterization Laboratory of the Cardiology Institute of RS.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Hemodinâmica, Instituto de Cardiologia do Rio Grande do Sul, Fundação Universitária de Cardiologia, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Quadros
authors.forename: Fabiane
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Diemer
authors.forename: Tatiane
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abdalla
authors.forename: Mateus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vizotto
authors.forename: Carlos A M
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Gottschall
authors.forename: Beatriz D'Agord
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Schaan
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000628:therapy*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents