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SUBMITTER: Mohar DS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4261017 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mohar Dilbahar S DS Salcedo Jonathan J Hoang Khiet C KC Kumar Shivesh S Saremi Farhood F Erande Ashwini S AS Naderi Nassim N Nadeswaran Pradeep P Le Christine C Malik Shaista S
Diabetes research and clinical practice 20140906 2
<h4>Aims</h4>The association between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) volume and coronary artery disease (CAD) severity was evaluated, independent of traditional risk factors and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores, in patients with diabetes type 2 (DM-2) using cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA).<h4>Methods</h4>A multivariate analysis was utilized to assess for an independent association after calculating EAT volume, CAD severity, and calcium scores in 92 patients with DM-II from the ...[more]