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The Cerebrovascular Ischemic Stroke (CIS) combined with Diabetes comprises, worldwide, one of the most important causes of death or permanent inability. The prevalence of Diabetes among the patients who have suffered CIS is high and is linked with cardiovascular risks and their prevention, both at first and secondary levels. The aim of this research is to study the danger factors related to Diabetes as well as the functional condition of the patients after treatment. Factors, such as hypoglycaemia and its treatment during an acute phase, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and the metabolic syndrome, all of which cause CIS to patients with diabetes, have been studied in bibliography. Little is mentioned regarding the treatment of CIS in diabetic patients during an acute phase. During our research, the subjects studied for five months were patients who had been admitted at the Pathological Clinic at G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, after suffering CIS. Demographic characteristics, medical history, as well as the imaging and the characteristics of their hospitalization were studied whereas with patients with diabetes their antidiabetic treatment was also included in the study. The majority of the results is consistent with the findings in the international bibliography, whereas the absence of restrictions in deriving conclusions related to the functional condition of the patients before and after the CIS and their follow up after leaving hospital, would lead to a better understanding of the effect of diabetes in the outcome of a CIS. In conclusion, the repeated consultation of patients regarding the cardiovascular complications due to diabetes is necessary if first and secondary prevention are to be achieved.