Type 2 diabetes is associated with an increase in the risk of coronary heart disease, by a factor of two to four. The scientific community has suggested that all patients with diabetes could be treated as if they had a prior coronary heart disease.
Section of CardioAngiology, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular and Nephrourological Disease, University Hospital ''P. Giaccone'', University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.