Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Are Associated With an Increased Likelihood of Inducible Myocardial Ischemia Among Patients With Subclinical Atherosclerosis
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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.
Authors: Wong ND, Rozanski A, Gransar H, Miranda-Peats R, Kang X, Hayes S, Shaw L, Friedman J, Polk D, Berman DS.
PMID/ref: Diabetes Care 2005;28:1445-50.
