Obstructive coronary artery disease in symptomatic diabetics with zero coronary calcium score: are we missing something?

Conclusion In symptomatic diabetic patients with zero CACS, CAD, including obstructive disease, can still occur and is predominant in middle-aged adults, women and Hispanics. In symptomatic diabetics CCTA is a critical step for accurate risk stratification even when CACS would have placed some of these individuals in a lower-risk category.
Source: Coronary Artery Disease - Category: Cardiology Tags: Original Research Source Type: research