Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Are Associated With an Increased Likelihood of Inducible Myocardial Ischemia Among Patients With Subclinical Atherosclerosis - 07/2005
In asymptomatic patients with high coronary artery calcification scores, both diabetes and the metabolic syndrome (with or without diabetes) predicted a higher likelihood of inducible ischaemia documented by stress myocardial perfusion scintigraphy.
Themes : Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease
Author(s) :
Wong ND, Rozanski A, Gransar H, Miranda-Peats R, Kang X, Hayes S, Shaw L, Friedman J, Polk D, Berman DS.
Reference :
Diabetes Care 2005;28:1445-50.
Pubmed reference :
PMID: 15920066
