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BioMed Central, Cardiovascular Diabetology, 1(14), 2015

DOI: 10.1186/s12933-015-0296-y

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Patients with coronary artery disease and diabetes need improved management: a report from the EUROASPIRE IV survey: a registry from the EuroObservational Research Programme of the European Society of Cardiology

Journal article published in 2015 by Viveca Gyberg, Dirk De Bacquer ORCID, D. Bacquer, Guy De Backer, G. Backer, Catriona Jennings, Kornelia Kotseva, Linda Mellbin, Oliver Schnell, Jaakko Tuomilehto, David Wood, Lars Rydén, Philippe Amouyel, Jan Bruthans, Almudena Castro Conde and other authors.
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Abstract

Abstract Background In order to influence every day clinical practice professional organisations issue management guidelines. Cross-sectional surveys are used to evaluate the implementation of such guidelines. The present survey investigated screening for glucose perturbations in people with coronary artery disease and compared patients with known and newly detected type 2 diabetes with those without diabetes in terms of their life-style and pharmacological risk factor management in relation to contemporary European guidelines. Methods A total of 6187 patients (18–80 years) with coronary artery disease and known glycaemic status based on a self reported history of diabetes (previously known diabetes) or the results of an oral glucose tolerance test and HbA1c (no diabetes or newly diagnosed diabetes) were investigated in EUROASPIRE IV including patients in 24 European countries 2012–2013. The patients were interviewed and investigated in order to enable a comparison between their actual risk factor control with that recommended in current European management guidelines and the outcome in previously conducted surveys. .