Assessment of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in type 2 diabetic patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-7368.2010.12.022
- VernacularTitle:2型糖尿病患者冠状动脉粥样硬化斑块的观察
- Author:
Xueyu ZHONG
;
Jing LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Diabetes mellitus,type 2;
Coronary atherosclerosis
- From:
Chinese Journal of General Practitioners
2010;09(12):871-873
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
The study intended to evaluate the atherosclerotic plaque burden and composition among symptomatic patients with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.Total 262 symptomatic patients, including 79 with type 2 diabetes and 183 without, underwent multislice computed tomography coronary angiography.The extent of coronary atherosclerosis and 3 plaque types were studied.Patients with diabetes showed more diseased coronary segments ( P ＜ 0.01 ) and more nonobstructive segments ( P ＜ 0.05 ) than non diabetic patients.Compared to non diabetic patients,diabetic patients had a higher number of coronary segments with non-calcified ( P = 0.005 ) and calcified ( P = 0.016 ) plaques, but not for mixed plaques.The results indicate that type 2 diabetic patients have higher coronary plaque burden.
