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Diabetes Care 29:1178 2006
DOI: 10.2337/dc06-0233
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Letters: Observations

Retinopathy Predicts Future Cardiovascular Events Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients

The Valpolicella Heart Diabetes Study

Giovanni Targher, MD, Lorenzo Bertolini, MD, Roberto Tessari, MD, Luciano Zenari, MD and Guido Arcaro, MD

From the Diabetes Unit, "Sacro Cuore" Hospital of Negrar, Negrar (VR), Italy

Address correspondence to Giovanni Targher, MD, Diabetes Unit, Ospedale "Sacro Cuore–don Calabria," Via Sempreboni, 5, 37024 Negrar (VR), Italy. E-mail: targher@sacrocuore.it

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We read with interest the recent article by van Hecke et al. (1) showing that diabetic retinopathy is associated with an increased risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease (CVD) incidence among type 1 diabetic patients.

Because the available data on associations between retinopathy and incident CVD in large population samples of type 2 diabetic patients are limited and conflicting (2–4), we would like to offer recent findings from our large observational study. We carried out a prospective, nested, case-control . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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