Part I Diagnosis and Mechanisms of Disease: 1 Epidemiology, Definition and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus -- 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease -- 3 Mechanisms of diabetic atherosclerosis -- 4 Environment, epigenetic changes and cardiovascular damage -- 5 Diabetic cardiomyopathy -- 6 Cerebrovascular disease -- Part II Management of Cardiovascular Risk Factors: 7 Risk stratification -- 8 Hyperglycemia -- 9 Diabetic dyslipidemia -- 10 Arterial hypertension -- 11 Anti-platelet therapy -- Part III Treatment of cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes: 12 Coronary artery disease -- 13 Acute coronary syndromes -- 14 Heart failure -- 15 Ischemic stroke -- 16 Peripheral artery disease.