Cardiodiabetology is one of the growing specialities in recent times as most of the cardiologists and consider diabetes as cardiovascular disease. It is found that 70% of diabetic patients develop coronary artery disease. While heart failure is sought to be related to diabetes. Approximately diabetic patients have a 30% risk of developing myocardial infarction.
Evaluating risk factors like obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and other co-morbidities have become a norm for many cardiologists. Even after these numbers, it sometimes becomes difficult to manage those patients as many endocrinologists are either not properly trained or never trained in the field of cardiology. This video elaborates a brief on cardiodiabetology.
