Aortic stiffness effectively risk stratifies diabetic patients with suspected myocardial ischemia undergoing vasodilatory stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) comprehensively assesses aortic stiffness and myocardial ischemia in a single examination. Aortic stiffness represents a subclinical marker of cardiovascular risk in the general population, including patients with diabetes mellitus. However, there is no prognostic data regarding aortic stiffness in patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing stress perfusion CMR.

Methods

Consecutive patients with diabetes mellitus with suspected myocardial ischemia referred for adenosine stress perfusion CMR with aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV) during 2010-2013 were studied. The primary outcome was major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE), defined as the composite of cardiac mortality, nonfatal myocardial infarction (MI), hospital

SUBMITTER: Pengyos S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10566029 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature