Different manifestations of coronary artery disease by stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, coronary calcium scoring, and multislice CT coronary angiography in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Scholte A, Schuijf J, Kharagjitsingh A, Dibbets-Schneider P, Stokkel M, Jukema J, van der Wall E, Bax J, Wackers F. Different manifestations of coronary artery disease by stress SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, coronary calcium scoring, and multislice CT coronary angiography in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Journal Of Nuclear Cardiology 2008, 15: 503-509. PMID: 18674717, DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclcard.2008.02.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedCalcinosisComorbidityCoronary Artery DiseaseDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedNetherlandsReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsSensitivity and SpecificityTomography, Emission-Computed, Single-PhotonTomography, X-Ray ComputedVentricular Dysfunction, LeftConceptsType 2 diabetes mellitusCoronary artery diseaseMSCT coronary angiographyAsymptomatic patientsCoronary angiographyDiabetes mellitusPositive CAC scoreMyocardial perfusion imagingCAC scoreCoronary atherosclerosisArtery diseaseCAC scoringCalcium scoringPerfusion imagingAbnormal diagnostic test resultsSilent coronary artery diseaseStress single-photon emissionCoronary artery calcium scoringMultislice CT coronary angiographyTomography myocardial perfusion imagingStress SPECT myocardial perfusion imagingSilent coronary atherosclerosisSPECT myocardial perfusion imagingRelative prognostic valueTomographic coronary angiography