Introduction:

Cardiovascular disease in woman has been an issue with plenty of investigations towards the finding of the most determinant risk factors o the specific molecular paths to explain the increased risk in women compared to men.

Objective:

To give to the reader a global vision of this situation, involving specially the type 2 diabetes mellitus woman population, whose condition is an independent risk factor to the development of the cardiovascular disease with great cost and morbidity and mortality worldwide.

Methods:

A PUBMED and Google Scholar search was performed with MeSH and common terms and were obtained some cross-references at the discretion of the authors.

Conclusions:

It is necessary to implement a specific context of cardiovascular risk prevention in daily medical practice through continuing education programs or through health service providers to prevent the progression of cardiovascular disease in diabetic women before reaching major outcomes and potentially fatal.

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