Blood pressure, lipids and glucose in type 2 diabetes: How low should we go? Re-discovering personalized care

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2247-2255

  Rutter, Martin K ^a,b   Nesto, Richard W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular risk; Diabetes; Glucose; Lipids; Target level

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FENOFIBRATE; GLICLAZIDE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INDAPAMIDE PLUS PERINDOPRIL; INSULIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN; NATEGLINIDE; PRAVASTATIN; ROSIGLITAZONE; SIMVASTATIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VALSARTAN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FIBRIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; INDIVIDUALIZED MEDICINE; LIPIDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052890774     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr154     Document Type: Review

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