2007
Screening for Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Diabetes
Bax JJ, Young LH, Frye RL, Bonow RO, Steinberg HO, Barrett EJ. Screening for Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Diabetes. Diabetes Care 2007, 30: 2729-2736. PMID: 17901530, DOI: 10.2337/dc07-9927.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCoronary artery diseaseArtery diseaseCardiovascular diseaseHigh-risk coronary artery diseaseStable coronary artery diseaseCoronary artery calcium scoringAdditive survival benefitIntensive medical managementRecognition of diabetesCVD risk reductionPercutaneous coronary revascularizationStrong clinical suspicionAmerican Diabetes AssociationType 2 diabetesClinical trial resultsCost of diabetesAsymptomatic patientsAtherosclerotic burdenCoronary revascularizationCardiac eventsClinical suspicionCoronary atherosclerosisDiabetic populationSurvival benefitAsymptomatic atherosclerosis
2004
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