Atherosclerosis imaging to refine cardiovascular risk assessment in diabetic patients: Computed tomography and positron emission tomography applications

The lifetime cardiovascular risk of a diabetic patient is approximately 4 –5 times higher than that of an age and sex matched individual without diabetes mellitus. Despite the well-publicized cardiovascular risk equivalence of diabetes mellitus, it has become apparent that not all diabetic patients are equally at high-risk and many patients may have a level of risk simi lar to that of the general population. Cardiovascular imaging has been employed to address the dilemma of a more accurate risk stratification of diabetic patients.

Source: Atherosclerosis - February 15, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Paolo Raggi Tags: Review article Source Type: research