The role of coronary artery calcification testing in incident coronary artery disease risk prediction in type 1 diabetes.
Serena Jingchuan GuoSebhat A ErqouRachel G MillerDaniel EdmundowiczTrevor J OrchardTina CostacouPublished in: Diabetologia (2018)
CAC is strongly associated with incident CAD events in individuals with type 1 diabetes; its inclusion in CAD risk models may lead to improvement in prediction over established risk factors.
Keyphrases
- coronary artery disease
- coronary artery
- cardiovascular disease
- risk factors
- type diabetes
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiovascular events
- coronary artery bypass grafting
- pulmonary artery
- chronic kidney disease
- glycemic control
- aortic stenosis
- insulin resistance
- metabolic syndrome
- skeletal muscle
- left ventricular
- weight loss