Detection of Silent Myocardial Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetic Subjects

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Authors

Frans J.Th. Wackers · Yale University

Lawrence H. Young · Yale University

Silvio E. Inzucchi · Yale University

Deborah Chyun · Yale University

Janice A. Davey · Yale University

Eugene J. Barrett · University of Virginia

Raymond Taillefer ·

Abstract

Silent myocardial ischemia occurs in greater than one in five asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes. Traditional and emerging cardiac risk factors were not associated with abnormal stress tests, although cardiac autonomic dysfunction was a strong predictor of ischemia.

Topics & Keywords

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Diabetes Care

Volume 27, Issue 8, pp. 1954-1961

DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.8.1954

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