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Nature Reviews Cardiology 6, 452–453 (1 July 2009) | doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2009.95

Diabetes: Does screening for inducible ischemia improve outcomes?

Prediman K. Shah

Type 2 diabetes affects approximately 200 million individuals worldwide, and the increasing incidence of this condition is partly the result of poor lifestyle choices and the growing obesity epidemic. A substantial proportion of the morbidity and mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes is caused by atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease, which has earned type 2 diabetes the dubious distinction of being considered a coronary artery disease (CAD) equivalent.