This book provides a practical hands-on approach to the management of patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease, with original and up-to-date coverage of a variety of aspects of emerging clinical importance. Practical advice is offered on diagnosis, risk stratification, management of cardiovascular risk factors and available drug therapies. Appropriate myocardial revascularization strategies are explained and the current state of knowledge is documented regarding target-led multifactorial treatment and the management of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and cerebrovascular disease. New algorithms for diagnosis and treatment are presented and to ensure ease of reference each chapter includes a box with practical recommendations as well as informative color illustrations and tables. The handbook will be of value for all cardiologists and diabetologists and will be especially helpful for young cardiologists, who are ever more frequently confronted by patients with diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Contents
Epidemiology, Definition, and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease
Mechanisms of Diabetic Atherosclerosis
Environment, Epigenetic Changes, and Cardiovascular Damage
Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Cerebrovascular Disease
Risk Stratification
Hyperglycemia
Diabetic Dyslipidemia
Arterial Hypertension
Antiplatelet Therapy
Coronary Artery Disease
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Heart Failure
Ischemic Stroke
Peripheral Artery Disease