Prevalence of pathological glucose metabolism in patients undergoing elective coronary angiography

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 419-421

  Wascher, Thomas C ^a   Sourij, Harald ^a   Roth, Martin ^a   Dittrich, Peter ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Coronary angiography; Diabetes; Impaired glucose tolerance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DISORDERS OF CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 5644271701     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.06.001     Document Type: Letter

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