Type 2 diabetes (T2DM), affecting more than 530 million worldwide, is a metabolic disease often coupled with cardiovascular complications including coronary artery disease, heart failure, and stroke.Cardiovascular complications are a leading cause of disability and death in people with T2DM. People with T2DM are 2 to 4 times more likely to experience cardiovascular events than people without T2DM, and post-event outcomes are often worse. About half of all diabetes-related fatalities can be attributed to car ...