Managing Diabetes and Cardiovascular Risk: Updates & perspectives in 2010 Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 2010 The Cardio Diabetes Master Class is an initiative of the Physicians’ Academy for Cardiovascular Education (PACE) foundation. Our mission is to improve the cardiovascular health of patients by providing a forum for the review, exchange and assimilation of new important data underlying cardiovascular disease, diabetes and accelerate the translation of this information to clinical practice.   Funding The Cardio Diabetes Master Class was funded by an unrestricted educational grant fromTakeda Europe

Scientific agenda

The evolution of treatment of type 2 diabetes: Where are we now?
Cees Tack, University of Nijmegen The Netherlands

Diabetes & cardiovascular risk:  A lifetime risk challenge
John Deanfield , London, United Kingdom

Hypoglycaemia in Type 2 diabetes:Frequency, morbidity and mortality
Simon Heller, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Sustained glycaemic control in diabetes: How and what is the time to act?
Thomas Forst, Mainz, Germany

Managing hypertension in type 2 diabetes
Gordon McInnes, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Evidence vs. opinion based guidelines for the management of type 2 diabetic patients
Guntram Schernthaner, Vienna, Austria

Update on clinical trials in type 2 diabetes: What is the role of TZD’s?
John Betteridge, London, United Kingdom

Study of oral drugs for type 2 diabetes and all cause mortality in General Practice: what are the implications?
Ioanna Tzoulaki, London, United Kingdom

Protecting the kidney in diabetes
Gordon McInnes, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Management of dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes
John Betteridge, London, United Kingdom

The challenge for type 2 diabetes: Targeting obesity in the young
John Deanfield, London, United Kingdom

Teaching slides