Coronary artery plaque volume and obesity in patients with diabetes: the factor-64 study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To determine the relationship between coronary plaque detected with coronary computed tomographic (CT) angiography and clinical parameters and cardiovascular risk factors in asymptomatic patients with diabetes.

Materials and methods

All patients signed institutional review board-approved informed consent forms before enrollment. Two hundred twenty-four asymptomatic diabetic patients (121 men; mean patient age, 61.8 years; mean duration of diabetes, 10.4 years) underwent coronary CT angiography. Total coronary artery wall volume in all three vessels was measured by using semiautomated software. The coronary plaque volume index (PVI) was determined by dividing the wall volume by the coronary length. The relationship between the PVI and cardiovascular risk factors was d

SUBMITTER: Kwan AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4263628 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature