The Eye as an Antecedent Symptom for Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus (Pathogenetic Aspect and Clinical Implementation)

Abstract

The authors carried out review of the literature concerning the increased occurence of cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with diabetes under conditions of inadequate glycemic control. There has been proved the possibility to define a group of cardiovascular risk long before the clinical manifestation by the screening of retinopathy, that together with the presence of insulin analogues with more physiological effect and reduced ability to induce undesirable hypoglycemia is the basis for the optimization of algorithm of early diagnosis and preventive/rehabilitative intervention, which is aimed at preserving/improving the health of the nation.

Keywords

• diabetes mellitus
• retinopathy
• cardiovascular disease
• insulin therapy