Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of mortality in type 2 diabetes mellitus. The
criteria for the selection of those asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes who should …

Adipose tissue surrounding the coronary arteries has been suggested to induce
development of atherosclerosis. We explored the relation between epicardial adipose tissue …

OBJECTIVE It is unclear whether the coronary atherosclerotic plaque burden is similar in
patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. By using multislice computed tomography (MSCT) …

Identification of asymptomatic patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) at increased risk for
coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a challenge. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) …

Background Diabetes and obesity are both worldwide growing epidemics, and both are
independently associated with increased risk for heart failure and death. The aim of this …

The present study tested whether in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) the
combination of increased waist circumference and increased plasma triglyceride (TG) levels …

Purpose: In diabetes, generalised microvascular disease and coronary artery disease (CAD)
are likely to occur in parallel. We used a sidestream dark field (SDF) handheld imaging …

Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction and increased arterial stiffness are common in
patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). However, the relation between these two …

More than 150 million subjects have diabetes mellitus (DM) worldwide and the number is
expected to increase further. w1 Many cases, however, are undiagnosed and do not receive …

Aims The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether subclinical left ventricular (LV)
systolic dysfunction is independently related to subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in type 2 …