Why the study?
Does ultrasonographically determined carotid plaque calcification predict incident major adverse cardiovascular events and death in patients with type 2 diabetes?
Does ultrasonographically determined carotid plaque calcification predict incident major adverse cardiovascular events and death in patients with type 2 diabetes?
In patients with type 2 diabetes, ultrasonographically determined carotid plaque calcification independently predicts future major adverse cardiovascular events, particularly in those with low-grade stenosis.
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May aid MACE risk stratification via carotid ultrasound in type 2 diabetes; hypothesis-generating for calcification-specific therapies.
Kreutzenberg et al. (2015) studied this question.
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