Clinical value and severity of myocardial perfusion defects in asymptomatic diabetic patients with negative or weakly positive exercise treadmill test

Objective: Although coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in type 2 diabetic patients, it is frequently asymptomatic. Myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) is reported to show ischemia in a significant number of asymptomatic diabetic patients. We studied the prevalence and severit...

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Main Authors: Seyed Rasoul Zakavi, Haleh Rokni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2013-03-01
Series:Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Biology
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Online Access:http://aojnmb.mums.ac.ir/?_action=showPDF&article=603&_ob=7ce077ab94afaa337af0af11d8494789&fileName=full_text.pdf.