[A revolution in the management of type 2 diabetes : antidiabetic agents providing a cardiovascular and renal protection independently of glucose control !]

Type 2 diabetes is a complex disease with an increasing prevalence and a huge morbidity and premature mortality, essentially due to cardiovascular and renal complications. Classical glucose-lowering agents (metformin, sulphonylureas) exert little protective effects on these complications so that emphasis has been put on a multifactorial management targeting all risk factors. Gliptins offer the advantage of an excellent tolerance profile, with no...