Open AccessDiabetes Mellitus and Thoracic Aortic Disease: Are People With Diabetes Mellitus Protected From Acute Aortic Dissection?
Author(s) -
Nienaber Christoph A.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.112.001404
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , aortic dissection , cardiology , pulmonology , dissection (medical) , cardiothoracic surgery , thoracic aorta , surgery , aorta , endocrinology
Are people with diabetes mellitus at reduced risk of acute aortic dissection? It would be a sweet surprise, but the provocative question relates to the findings of a nationwide case–control study by the Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Texas in Houston
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