Inflammatory parameters are independent predictors of severe epicardial coronary stenosis in asymptomatic diabetic patients with silent myocardial ischemia [2]

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 545-546

  Piot, Christophe ^a   Fontbonne, Annick ^b   Sultan, Arianne ^a   Rasamisoa, Manasse ^a   Mariano Goulart, Denis ^a   Davy, Jean Marc ^a   Monnier, Louis ^a   Avignon, Antoine ^a,c  

^a MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SILENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYMPTOM; BLOOD; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITALIZATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 85047687947     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.2.545-a     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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2. Koistinen MJ: Prevalence of asymptomatic myocardial ischaemia in diabetic subjects. BMJ 301:92-95, 1990
3. Mazzone A, Cusa C, Mazzucchelli I, Vezzoli M, Ottini E, Pacifici R, Zuccaro P, Falcone C: Increased production of inflammatory cytokines in patients with silent myocardial ischemia. J Am Coll Cardiol 38:1895-1901, 2001