Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with a lower fibrous cap thickness but has no impact on calcification morphology: an intracoronary optical coherence tomography study

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with a lower fibrous cap thickness but has no impact on calcification morphology: an intracoronary optical coherence tomography study

Abstract Background Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are at high risk for cardiovascular events, which usually arise from the rupture of a vulnerable coronary plaque. The minimal fibrous cap thickness (FCT) overlying a necrotic lipid core is an established predictor for plaque rupture. Recently,...

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Main Authors: Andrea Milzi, Mathias Burgmaier, Kathrin Burgmaier, Martin Hellmich, Nikolaus Marx, Sebastian Reith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Coronary calcification
Optical coherence tomography
Diabetes mellitus
Plaque vulnerability
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-017-0635-2

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