Metabolic syndrome predicts vascular changes in whole body magnetic resonance imaging in patients with long standing diabetes mellitus

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Although diabetic patients have an increased rate of cardio-vascular events, there is considerable heterogeneity with respect to cardiovascular risk, requiring new approaches to individual cardiovascular risk factor assessment. In th...

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Main Authors: Findeisen Hannes M, Weckbach Sabine, Stark Renée G, Reiser Maximilian F, Schoenberg Stefan O, Parhofer Klaus G
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Online Access:http://www.cardiab.com/content/9/1/44