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Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization of Carotid Plaque Improves the Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in Diabetic Patients: A pilot study

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to evaluate whether noninvasive ultrasonic tissue characterization of carotid plaque using integrated backscatter (IBS) analysis can be a predictor of future cardiovascular events (CVE) in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We pros...

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Autores principales: Katakami, Naoto, Takahara, Mitsuyoshi, Kaneto, Hideaki, Sakamoto, Ken’ya, Yoshiuchi, Kazutomi, Irie, Yoko, Kubo, Fumiyo, Katsura, Takashi, Yamasaki, Yoshimitsu, Kosugi, Keisuke, Shimomura, Iichiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Diabetes Association 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3507570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23043165
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc12-0331