Pharmacological Prevention of Cardiovascular Outcomes in Diabetes Mellitus: Established and Emerging Agents

Drugs

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 203-214

  Saxon, David R ^a,b   Rasouli, Neda ^a,b   Eckel, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ACARBOSE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; EZETIMIBE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUCOSE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; METFORMIN; PIOGLITAZONE; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 9; ROSIGLITAZONE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SODIUM GLUCOSE COTRANSPORTER 2 INHIBITOR; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE; ANTIOBESITY AGENT;

BODY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG SAFETY; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; REVIEW; COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85040076345     PISSN: 00126667     EISSN: 11791950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40265-017-0857-3     Document Type: Review

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