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Usefulness of sum of the thickness of plaque in the carotid artery for predicting the presence and the extent of the coronary artery disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus without known coronary artery disease.
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PMID:  22309787     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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AIMS: The usefulness of the sum of plaque thickness in the carotid artery (plaque score; PS), as a prediction of coronary artery disease (CAD) was investigated in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. METHODS: B mode ultrasonographic scanning of the carotid artery and multislice computed tomography (MSCT) coronary angiography were performed in 227 diabetic patients without known cardiac disease. RESULTS: The PS was useful to predict the presence of diseased [nonobstructive and obstructive] CAD (≧3 segments) and obstructive (≧50%) CAD with cut-off value of 3.5mm (area under curve: 0.745 and 0.782, respectively), according to a receiver operating characteristics curve analysis. A multivariate logistic analysis of baseline risk factors showed that the PS was independent risk factor for the prediction of diseased and obstructive coronary artery disease (R(2)=0.2165, p<0.0001 and R(2)=0.2265, p<0.0001, respectively). The PS was most significant predictor of the number of diseased and obstructive segments of the coronary artery in a multiple regression analysis (R(2)=0.2022, p<0.0001 and R(2)=0.2209, p<0.0001, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: The PS in the carotid artery was useful for the prediction of the presence and the extent of CAD, and was most important as a screening test for the identification of a high risk group of asymptomatic diabetic patients.
Authors:
Shoichi Akazawa; Masayuki Tojikubo; Yuko Nakano; Satoe Nakamura; Tomohiro Kawasaki; Nobuhiko Koga
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Publication Detail:
Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2012-2-4
Journal Detail:
Title:  Diabetes research and clinical practice     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1872-8227     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
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Created Date:  2012-2-7     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8508335     Medline TA:  Diabetes Res Clin Pract     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Shin-Koga Hospital, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Japan.
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