title: Diabetes and cardiovascular disease: from evidence to clinical practice - position statement 2014 of Brazilian Diabetes Society.
abstract: There is a very well known correlation between diabetes and cardiovascular disease but many health care professionals are just concerned with glycemic control, ignoring the paramount importance of controlling other risk factors involved in the pathogenesis of serious cardiovascular diseases. This Position Statement from the Brazilian Diabetes Society was developed to promote increased awareness in relation to six crucial topics dealing with diabetes and cardiovascular disease: Glicemic Control, Cardiovascular Risk Stratification and Screening Coronary Artery Disease, Treatment of Dyslipidemia, Hypertension, Antiplatelet Therapy and Myocardial Revascularization. The issue of what would be the best algorithm for the use of statins in diabetic patients received a special attention and a new Brazilian algorithm was developed by our editorial committee. This document contains 38 recommendations which were classified by their levels of evidence (A, B, C and D). The Editorial Committee included 22 specialists with recognized expertise in diabetes and cardiology.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcello Casaccia
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Bertoluci
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pimazoni-Netto
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Estadual de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pires
authors.affiliation: Hospital Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antonio Eduardo
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Pesaro
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Beatriz D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Schaan
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Caramelli
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carisi Anne
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Polanczyk
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carlos Vicente Serrano
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Júnior
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Danielle M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gualandro
authors.affiliation: Sociedade Brasileira de Diabetes, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Domingos Augusto
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Malerbi
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Moriguchi
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Flavio Antonio de Oliveira
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Borelli
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: João Eduardo Nunes
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Salles
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Mariani
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Júnior
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luis Eduardo
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Rohde
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luis H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Canani
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luiz Antonio Machado
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Cesar
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Universidade de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tambascia
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Tereza
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Zanella
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gus
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rafael Selbach
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Scheffel
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Raul Dias
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Dos Santos
keywords: Antiplatelet therapy; Cardiovascular risk stratification; Diabetes; Glicemic control; Hypertension; Myocardial revascularization; Screening coronary artery disease; Treatment of dyslipidemia