Cardiovascular events in Japanese asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes: a 1-year interim report of a J-ACCESS 2 investigation using myocardial perfusion imaging
Author(s) -
Kenichi Nakajima,
Yoshimitsu Yamasaki,
Hideo Kusuoka,
Tohru Izumi,
Atsunori Kashiwagi,
Ryuzo Kawamori,
Kazuaki Shimamoto,
Nobuhiro Yamada,
Tsunehiko Nishimura
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.313
H-Index - 163
eISSN - 1619-7089
pISSN - 1619-7070
DOI - 10.1007/s00259-009-1207-9
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , asymptomatic , myocardial perfusion imaging , diabetes mellitus , population , sss* , type 2 diabetes , coronary artery disease , endocrinology , environmental health
Diabetic patients have a high risk for cardiovascular events. The role of myocardial perfusion imaging was investigated in asymptomatic diabetic patients to evaluate short-term prognosis in a Japanese population.
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