Are complex coronary lesions more frequent in patients with diabetes mellitus?

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 935-937

  Baris, Nezihi ^a   Akdeniz, Bahri ^a   Uyar, Samet ^a   Ozel, Erdem ^a   Kirimli, Onder ^a   Badak, Ozer ^a   Aslan, Ozgur ^a   Guneri, Sema ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bifurcation lesion; Coronary artery disease; Diabetes mellitus; Ostial lesion

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TURKEY;

EID: 33750120787     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(06)70312-9     Document Type: Article

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