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Prevalence of risk factors and asymptomatic carotid atherosclerosis in diabetic patients screened for silent myocardial ischemia by SPECT myocardial imaging.
Nucl Med Rev Cent East Eur
February 2017
University Cardiology Clinic Nuclear Cardiology Dept University "St Cyril and Methodius" Medical Faculty, Skopje, Macedonia.
Background: The aim of the study was to evaluate whether there is any association between myocardial ischemia, common risk factors and carotid artery ultrasound parameters in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic (DMT2) patients.
Material And Methods: 60 asymptomatic DMT2 patients (pts) without known coronary artery disease (CAD) underwent one day rest Dypiridamole stress Tc-99m sestamibi single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion scintigraphy (MPS). We used 17 segment models for perfusion analysis with the assessment of perfusion scores.