Diabetes cardiovascular interventional pharmacology

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in people with diabetes [1], This high-risk population is more likely to suffer a fatal event as the first manifestation of myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke, making primary prevention a priority. The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis-related disease is multifactorial but dyslipidaemia is a common and important risk predictor and is open to therapeutic intervention. Pharmacological intervention is supported by major randomised, controlled clinical trials (RCTs) of primary and secondary CVD prevention. RCTs with statin drugs have demonstrated unequivocal benefit in reducing major coronary events and stroke. 

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