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Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common vascular complication of diabetes. Because elevated glucose defines diabetes and because diabetes is a well-recognized risk factor for CHD, strategies that lower glucose should theoretically reduce the risk of CHD events in…

Additional content is available online at Elsevier eBooks for Practicing Clinicians Scope of the Problem Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes mellitus (DM) involves insufficient production of insulin and/or failure to respond appropriately to insulin, resulting in hyperglycemia. Table 31.1 summarizes the current…