Heart Disease
Studies from Leiden University provide new data on heart disease
Published in Medical Imaging Business Week, September 18th, 2008
"We sought to assess prospectively the evidence for silent coronary artery disease (CAD) in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by stress single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging, coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring, and multislice computed tomographic (MSCT) coronary angiography. One hundred asymptomatic patients (aged 30 to 72 years) with type 2 diabetes mellitus and one or more risk factors for CAD were prospectively recruited from an outpatient diabetes clinic," scientists in Netherlands report.
"All patients underwent adenosine technetium-99m sestamibi SPECT imaging, CAC scoring, and 64-slice MSCT coronary...
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