Duration of type 2 diabetes mellitus and systolic blood pressure as determinants of severity of coronary stenosis and adverse events in an asymptomatic diabetic population: PROCEED study

Duration of type 2 diabetes mellitus and systolic blood pressure as determinants of severity of coronary stenosis and adverse events in an asymptomatic diabetic population: PROCEED study

Abstract Background Evidence from imaging studies suggests a high prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there are no criteria for initiating screening for CAD in this population. The current study investigated whether clinical and demo...

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Main Authors: Shreenidhi M. Venuraju, Avijit Lahiri, Anand Jeevarethinam, Mark Cohen, Daniel Darko, Devaki Nair, Miranda Rosenthal, Roby D. Rakhit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-04-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Atherosclerosis
Computed tomography coronary angiography
Coronary artery calcium
Risk stratification
Silent coronary artery disease
Type 2 diabetes mellitus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-019-0855-8

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