Why the study?
Cardiovascular complications drive morbidity and mortality in type 2 diabetes, with CHD manifesting 2-3 times more often than in individuals without diabetes.
Does the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus worsen coronary artery disease severity and calcinosis in patients with stable angina pectoris?
Population
100 patients with coronary heart disease (stable angina pectoris)
Comparison
CHD with type 2 diabetes vs CHD without carbohydrate metabolism disorders
Authors
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Should not yet change imaging protocols in T2DM with stable angina; leaves open whether MSCT calcium scoring independently predicts events.
Does the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus worsen coronary artery disease severity and calcinosis in patients with stable angina pectoris?
Type 2 diabetes is associated with more severe, diffuse, and multi-vessel coronary atherosclerosis and early calcinosis in patients with stable angina.
Кошля et al. (2019) studied this question.
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