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Diabeto-Cardiology

A Companion to Braunwald’s Heart Disease

  • 2nd Edition - February 17, 2026
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Darren K. McGuire, Nikolaus Marx
  • Language: English

Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Diabeto-Cardiology, 2nd Edition, provides today’s clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on the complex challenges of… Read more

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Part of the renowned Braunwald family of references, Diabeto-Cardiology, 2nd Edition, provides today’s clinicians with clear, authoritative guidance on the complex challenges of providing care to patients with cardiovascular and diabetes co-morbidities. Drs. Darren K. McGuire and Nikolaus Marx, along with a leading team of experts in cardiology and diabetes, address both the foundational aspects and clinical implications for this growing number of patients, including recent breakthrough therapies and new medications that have contributed to newer and more effective treatments and improved patient outcomes. From cover to cover, this second edition offers reliable and current point-of-care coverage of the interwoven care needs of patients with these complex co-morbidities, making it an ideal resource for practitioners at all levels of experience.

Key features

  • Discusses cutting-edge therapeutic approaches to the medical care of cardiology patients with diabetes, combining coverage of the latest understanding of the complex relationship between diabetes and cardiovascular disease with recent clinical advances
  • Offers a contemporary, clinical focus based on a new understanding of underlying pathologies, as well as application of evidence from clinical trials that have dramatically changed treatment and affected both cardiology and endocrinology practice
  • Includes state-of-the-art coverage of antihyperglycemic medications that have demonstrated efficacy to reduce risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and kidney disease progression, that have affected a revolution of therapy in both cardiology and endocrinology
  • Features a practical, concise presentation with a focus on actionable clinical content, including new Clinical Practice Points and Take Home Summaries
  • An eBook version is included with purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud. Additional digital ancillary content may publish up to 6 weeks following the publication date

Readership

General and sub-specialist cardiologists; cardiology fellows

Table of contents

PART I DIABETES MELLITUS

1 Definition and Epidemiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

2 Insulin Resistance: Pathophysiology, Molecular Mechanisms, and Genetic Insights

3 Lifestyle Interventions for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

4 Pharmacological and Surgical Interventions That Prevent or Remit Type 2 Diabetes

5 Type 1 Diabetes: Pathophysiology and Treatment Considerations for Cardiovascular Risk and Disease
PART II CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS OF TYPE 2 DIABETES

6 Epidemiology of Diabetes Mellitus and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

7 Pathology and Vascular Biology of Atherosclerosis in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

8 Risk Stratification Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes With or at Risk for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease

9 Epidemiology and Pathophysiology of Heart Failure With Preserved and With Reduced Ejection Fraction in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
PART III EFFECTS OF ANTIHYPERGLYCEMIC THERAPIES FOR TYPE 2 DIABETES ON CARDIOVASCULAR AND KIDNEY OUTCOMES

10 Effect of Glucose Management on Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

11 Regulatory Approach to Medications for Type 2 Diabetes: Past, Present, and Future

12 Cardiovascular and Kidney Effects of Sodium Glucose Cotransporter Inhibitors

13 Cardiovascular and Kidney Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonists

14 Antihyperglycemic Medications With Proven Cardiovascular Safety

15 Prevention of Heart Failure in People With Diabetes

16 Treatment of Patients With Reduced and With Preserved Ejection Fraction Heart Failure in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
PART IV MANAGEMENT OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE RISK CHRONIC AND ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

17 Effect of Lifestyle Interventions on Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

18 Effect of Blood Pressure Management on Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

19 Effect of Lipid Management on Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes

20 Effect of Antithrombotic Therapy on Coronary Heart Disease Risk in People With Diabetes Mellitus

21 Role of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients With Diabetes
PART V OTHER CARDIOVASCULAR CONSIDERATIONS FOR PATIENTS WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES

22 Peripheral Artery Disease in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes

23 Cerebrovascular Disease in Persons With Diabetes

24 Atrial Fibrillation in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes

25 Chronic Kidney Disease: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk and Management in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

26 Disparities in Type 2 Diabetes Risk, Cardiovascular Consequences, and Care: Females, Racial/Ethnic Minorities, and the Elderly

27 The Quality Chasm and the Need for Implementation Science to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Type 2 Diabetes

Review quotes

Review of the previous edition:
"This is a superbly written summary of cardiodiabetic epidemiology, pathophysiology, and management from an international panel of multidisciplinary faculty. The book has an encyclopedic level of content that has been restructured in an eminently readable fashion." --Conrad Jablonski, MD (Ochsner Clinic Foundation) for Doody's Review Service

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: February 17, 2026
  • Language: English

About the editor

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Darren K. McGuire

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Dallas Heart Ball Chair for Research on Heart Disease in Women, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Director, Outpatient Cardiology Clinic, Parkland Hospital and Health System, Dallas, Texas, USA

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