What You Need To Know about Cardiac Vascular Risk and Diabetes

According to the American Heart Association, people with diabetes are two to four times more likely to develop cardiovascular disease due to risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, lack of physical activity and poorly controlled blood sugar. Join Micahel Fortsas, MD, board certified cardiologist with Northwest Cardiology Associates, for an in-depth discusson on the impact of these risk factors and what can be done to reduce them.