Treatment of dyslipidemia in patients with diabetes mellitus

Abstract

The article reviews the key aspects of pathophysiology of diabetic dyslipidemia, its treatment and associated risk of cardiovascular complications. It examines the difference in lipid metabolism between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus. The diagnostic values of particular lipid abnormalities as risk predictors for cardiovascular events are analyzed. Guidelines on hypolipemic treatment in diabetes are summarized and commented on. Standard and newly introduced methods as well as new opportunities of hypolipemic treatment are presented. Copyright © 2005 by Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences.