Diabetes: New therapeutic strategies, glucose and risk factor control

EAPC webinar

Monday 17 February 2020 from 18:00 to 19:00 CET

17/02/2020 18:00 17/02/2020 19:00 Europe/Paris Diabetes: New therapeutic strategies, glucose and risk factor control European Association of Preventive Cardiology contact@escardio.org DD/MM/YYYY

Topic(s):

European Association of Preventive Cardiology

Diabetes and the Heart

Risk Factors, Prevention, Rehabilitation, Sports Cardiology

Risk Factors and Prevention

Online
event

Summary

Join Prof. Linda Mellbin, Prof. Francesco Cosentino and Prof. Lars Rydén

Free for everyone

Focus on

This webinar is produced in the framework of the Diabetes & CVD Educational Programme, led by the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) in collaboration with the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) Study Group on Diabetes & CVD, the ESC Council for Cardiology Practice (CCP), the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (ACNAP), the ESC Working Group on Aorta and Peripheral Vascular Disease, the ESC Working Group on Myocardial & Pericardial Diseases and the ESC Working Group on Thrombosis.

Learning objectives

After watching this webinar, participants will be able to:

To provide an overview of present screening for hyperglycaemia and management of patients with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic vascular disease
To inform on the importance of a multifactorial risk factor management
To review available evidence behind novel glucose-lowering drugs with cardioprotective capacity and when to choose different types of such treatment