Diabetic retinopathy is associated with the presence and burden of subclinical carotid atherosclerosis in type 1 diabetes.
Marc CarbonellEsmeralda CastelblancoXavier ValldeperasÀngels BetriuAlícia TravesetMinerva Granado-CasasMarta HernándezFederico VázquezMariona MartínEsther RubinatAlbert LecubeJosep Franch-NadalElvira FernándezManel Puig-DomingoAngelo AvogaroNúria AlonsoEsmeralda CastelblancoPublished in: Cardiovascular diabetology (2018)
In patients with type 1 diabetes without previous CV disease or established CKD, the presence of advanced stages of DR is associated with a higher atherosclerotic burden in the carotid arteries. The presence of DR identifies patients at risk for carotid atherosclerotic disease.
Keyphrases
- diabetic retinopathy
- type diabetes
- end stage renal disease
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- cardiovascular disease
- optical coherence tomography
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- editorial comment
- genome wide
- gene expression
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- dna methylation
- patient reported
- weight loss