Coronary atherosclerosis burden by coronary computed tomography in type II diabetes with preclinical non-obstructive carotid atherosclerosis and without inducible myocardial ischemia.

Aims: To quantify cardiovascular risk in persons with type-2 diabetes (DM) and established carotid atherosclerosis, without inducible myocardial ischemia by stress imaging.

Methods: We selected clinically healthy DM and subjects without DM (nonDM, controls) with non-obstructive carotid atherosclerosis and without significant coronary artery disease (CAD) by stress echocardiography. Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFR) was assessed during stress echocardiography.