Detection of Silent Myocardial Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetic Subjects
Wackers FJ, Young LH, Inzucchi SE, Chyun DA, Davey JA, Barrett EJ, Taillefer R, Wittlin SD, Heller GV, Filipchuk N, Engel S, Ratner RE, Iskandrian AE. Detection of Silent Myocardial Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetic Subjects. Diabetes Care 2004, 27: 1954-1961. PMID: 15277423, DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.8.1954.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSilent myocardial ischemiaType 2 diabetesCardiac risk factorsMyocardial ischemiaAsymptomatic patientsSilent ischemiaNormal perfusionRisk factorsTraditional cardiac risk factorsAmerican Diabetes Association guidelinesTomography myocardial perfusion imagingRegional myocardial perfusion abnormalitiesAbnormal stress testAsymptomatic diabetic subjectsAsymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) studyCurrent American Diabetes AssociationPrevalence of ischemiaCardiac autonomic dysfunctionLarge perfusion defectsST-segment depressionCoronary artery diseaseAmerican Diabetes AssociationMyocardial perfusion abnormalitiesMyocardial perfusion imagingStrongest predictor