The heart rate response to adenosine: A simple predictor of adverse cardiac outcomes in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes
Hage FG, Wackers FJ, Bansal S, Chyun DA, Young LH, Inzucchi SE, Iskandrian AE. The heart rate response to adenosine: A simple predictor of adverse cardiac outcomes in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes. International Journal Of Cardiology 2012, 167: 2952-2957. PMID: 22981277, PMCID: PMC3723723, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.08.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAbnormal myocardial perfusion imagingMyocardial perfusion imagingHeart rate responseCardiac eventsMPI abnormalitiesAsymptomatic patientsAdenosine myocardial perfusion imagingHard cardiac event rateCardiovascular risk factor managementCox proportional regression modelType 2 diabetes mellitusAsymptomatic Diabetics (DIAD) studyCardiac event rateNonfatal myocardial infarctionCardiac autonomic neuropathyRate responseRisk factor managementYears of followAdverse cardiac outcomesProportional regression modelHigh cardiac riskType 2 diabetesDetection of ischemiaAbnormal HRRAutonomic neuropathy