title: [Diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in old age].
abstract: The treatment of cardiovascular diseases in diabetic geriatric patients needs an individual risk-benefit analysis. The overtreatment of hyperglycemia in the sense of metabolic control that is too tight (HbA(1)c level <6%) may lead to increased mortality. As a rule, the target HbA(1)c level in geriatric patients with diabetes mellitus should be between 7 and 8%.
authors.affiliation: AGAPLESION Bethanien-Krankenhaus, Geriatrisches Zentrum am Klinikum der Universität Heidelberg, Rohrbacher Strasse 149, Heidelberg, Germany. ankebahrmann@gmx.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bahrmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bahrmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zeyfang
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Oster
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D058065:Diabetic Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans