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Carl Heneghan

Carl Heneghan

Deputy Director of the CEBM, GP and clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford.

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Ami Banerjee

Cardiology trainee and clinical research fellow at the University of Oxford

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    25th May 2009 11:04am

    Is tighter glucose control better for the heart in diabetes?   Ami Banerjee

    The global burden of diabetes mellitus (DM) is the theme of this week’s Lancet. Four-fifths of the 225 million diabetic patients live in developing countries and type 2 DM is the most common form. The major cause of morbidity and mortality is coronary heart disease (CHD). Tight control of glucose in diabetic patients has a proven benefit for microvascular disease (retinopathy, nephropathy and neuropathy) [1]. However, the existing trials have not consistently shown a benefit for macrovascular disease (coronary heart disease, or CHD, and stroke) [2].

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