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Diabetic cardiovascular disease

Última revisión: 15 Aug 2025
Última actualización: 06 Mar 2025

Resumen

Definición

Anamnesis y examen

Principales factores de diagnóstico

  • chest pain
  • dyspnea on exertion
  • hypotension
  • rales
  • S3 gallop
  • hypertension
  • nausea
  • diaphoresis
  • tachycardia
  • indigestion
Todos los datos

Otros factores de diagnóstico

  • unilateral weakness, numbness, and/or tingling
  • headache
  • intermittent claudication
  • bruits
  • aphasia
  • hemisensory loss
  • cranial nerve palsies
  • seizures
  • vertigo
  • limb pain at rest
  • diminished/absent lower extremity pulses
  • ulcers or gangrene
  • peripheral edema
  • smooth shiny skin with hair loss
  • pallor
Todos los datos

Factores de riesgo

  • cigarette smoking
  • hypertension
  • dyslipidemia
  • poor glycemic control
  • physical inactivity
  • overweight and obesity
  • albuminuria
  • chronic kidney disease (CKD)
  • elevated C-reactive protein
  • family history of CVD
  • female sex
  • gestational diabetes
  • mental illness
  • metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (previously nonalcoholic fatty liver disease)
  • atrial fibrillation
Todos los datos

Pruebas diagnósticas

Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar

  • HbA1c
  • lipid profile
Todos los datos

Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse

  • B natriuretic peptide (BNP)/N-terminal prohormone B-natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP)
  • transthoracic doppler echocardiogram
  • exercise ECG
  • exercise (stress) imaging test
  • pharmacologic (stress) imaging test
  • cardiac MRI or stress cardiac MRI
  • ankle-brachial index (ABI)
  • CT coronary angiography
  • CT coronary calcium scan
  • invasive coronary angiography
  • noncontrast head CT
  • brain MRI
  • duplex ultrasonography of carotid arteries
  • C-reactive protein
  • chest x-ray
Todos los datos

Algoritmo de tratamiento

Inicial

acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina

Agudo

highly significant coronary artery disease: without acute myocardial infarction or unstable angina

En curso

diabetic cardiovascular disease: stable and/or after intervention

Colaboradores

Autores

Mohamed Al-Kazaz, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiology)

Section Chief, General Cardiology

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute

Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Chicago

IL

Divulgaciones

MA is a speaker for Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals in relation to pericarditis/rilonacept.

Agradecimientos

Dr Mohamed Al-Kazaz would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Alexander Meyer, Dr Laura Davidson, Dr Charles Davidson, and Dr Leonard E. Egede, the previous contributors to this topic, and would like to gratefully acknowledge the review by Dr Shreenidhi Venuraju, MB BS, MRCP, Wellington Hospital South, UK.

Divulgaciones

AM, LD, CD, and LE declare that they have no competing interests. LEE is an author of a number of references cited in this topic. SV not disclosed.

Revisores por pares

Irfan Moinuddin, MD

Assistant Professor

Chicago Medical School

Rosalind Franklin University

Lombard

IL

Divulgaciones

IM declares that he has no competing interests.

David Leehey, MD

Medical Director

Hines VA Hospital

Hines

IL

Divulgaciones

DL declares that he has no competing interests.

Peer reviewer acknowledgements

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Disclosures

Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.

Referencias

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Artículos principales

Marx N, Federici M, Schütt K, et al. 2023 ESC guidelines for the management of cardiovascular disease in patients with diabetes. Eur Heart J. 2023 Oct 14;44(39):4043-140.Texto completo  Resumen

American Diabetes Association. Standards of care in diabetes - 2024. Diabetes Care 2024 Jan 1;47(suppl 1):S1-321.Texto completo

Joseph JJ, Deedwania P, Acharya T, et al. Comprehensive management of cardiovascular risk factors for adults with type 2 diabetes: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2022 Mar;145(9):e722-59.Texto completo  Resumen

Whelton PK, Carey RM, Aronow WS, et al. 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA guideline for the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 May 15;71(19):e127-248.Texto completo  Resumen

Writing Committee Members; Lawton JS, Tamis-Holland JE, Bangalore S, et al. 2021 ACC/AHA/SCAI guideline for coronary artery revascularization: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association joint committee on clinical practice guidelines. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Jan 18;79(2):e21-129.Texto completo  Resumen

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