Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

There are those who consider diabetes mellitus a cardiovascular disease since the most common and definitive final outcome or with major sequelae is presented and depends on this system. In Mexico, the incidence of diabetic patients in the total number of patients treated by coronary intervention is higher than the world average, accounting for more than 40% of patients treated. Despite progress of contemporary pharmacological therapy in improving the management of diabetes and the more generalized use of statins and aspirin, rates of progression and regression of atherosclerotic plaque remain a prevalent issue among diabetic patients, as described by Raisuke [1] (see Fig. 46.1).