- ►onlinejacc.org P Raggi, LJ Shaw, DS Berman, TQ Callister - Journal of the American College …, 2004 - Elsevier Diabetes is a strong risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD) and is associated with an elevated
overall mortality. Electron beam tomography (EBT) provides information on the presence of subclinical
atherosclerosis and may be useful for risk stratification. ... We followed 10,377 ... Cited by 168 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
- ►ahajournals.org CY Wong, T O'Moore-Sullivan, R Leano, N Byrne, E … - Circulation, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc Methods and Results— Transthoracic echocardiography, myocardial Doppler-derived systolic
(sm) and early diastolic velocity (em), strain and strain rate imaging and tissue characterization
with cyclic variation (CVIB), and calibrated integrated backscatter (cIB) were obtained in ... Cited by 151 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org LD Metz, M Beattie, R Hom, RF Redberg, D Grady, … - Journal of the American …, 2007 - Elsevier We searched the PubMed, Cochrane, and DARE databases between January 1990 and May
2005, and reviewed bibliographies of articles obtained. We included prospective cohort studies
of subjects who underwent exercise MPI or exercise echocardiography for known or ... Cited by 55 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 22 versions
- ►medicalpositioning.com [PDF] PA Pellikka, SF Nagueh, AA Elhendy, CA Kuehl, … - Journal of the American …, 2007 - Elsevier Digital acquisition of images has evolved from the days of stand-alone computers that digitized
analog video signals to the current era in which ultrasound systems have direct digital
output. 2 This has resulted in significant improvements in image quality. Many ultrasound ... Cited by 40 - Related articles - All 18 versions
- ►oxfordjournals.org DV Anand, E Lim, A Lahiri, JJ Bax - European heart journal, 2006 - Eur Soc Cardiology Aims Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in patients with diabetes. Patients
often present with advanced and asymptomatic disease. Proposed strategies that may favourably
affect CAD risk and outcomes in this patient population include identifying diabetic ... Cited by 37 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org L Cortigiani, R Bigi, R Sicari, P Landi, F Bovenzi, E … - Journal of the American …, 2006 - Elsevier We sought to compare the prognostic value of pharmacological stress echocardiography
(SE) in diabetic and nondiabetic patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. ...
Although SE is a useful tool for risk stratification of patients with diabetes, it has not been ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 19 versions
CY Wong, TO'Moore-Sullivan, ZY Fang, B Haluska, … - The American journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier The metabolic syndrome (MS) is associated with cardiovascular risk exceeding that expected
from atherosclerotic risk factors, but the mechanism of this association is unclear. We sought
to determine the effects of the MS on myocardial and vascular function and ... Cited by 33 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org L Cortigiani, F Rigo, S Gherardi, R Sicari, M … - Journal of the American …, 2007 - Elsevier The aim of this prospective, multicenter, observational study was to compare the prognostic value
of Doppler echocardiographic-derived coronary flow reserve (CFR) in diabetic and nondiabetic
patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease and negative dipyridamole ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 16 versions
- ►onlinejacc.org TD Miller, RF Redberg, FJT Wackers - Journal of the American College of …, 2006 - Elsevier Given the elevated risk of cardiovascular events and the higher prevalence of silent coronary
artery disease (CAD) in diabetic versus non-diabetic patients, screening asymptomatic diabetic
patients for CAD is an appealing concept. However, many factors argue against ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 24 versions
E Faglia, M Manuela, Q Antonella, G Michela, C … - American Heart Journal, 2005 - Elsevier One hundred forty-one subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus without known cardiac disease
and asymptomatic, aged >45 to <76 years, were randomized into the screening arm for CAD
(71 patients) or to the control arm (70 patients). The screening consisted in performing an ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 11 versions
