Comparison of coronary calcification of the culprit lesion between diabetic and non-diabetic patients with acute coronary syndrome

Dimitrios Barmperis; Konstantina Bouki; Thomas Apostolou; Athanasios Chalkias; Theodoros Xanthos

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2014.01.057

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Comparison of coronary calcification of the culprit lesion between diabetic and non-diabetic patients with acute coronary syndrome☆

Dimitrios Barmperis, MD

Konstantina Bouki, MD

Thomas Apostolou, MD

General Hospital of Nikea 2nd Department of Cardiology, Pireaus, Greece

Athanasios Chalkias, PhD

Theodoros Xanthos, PhD

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Msc “Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation”, Athens, Greece

Hellenic Society of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Athens, Greece

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2014.01.057

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The risk of myocardial infarction or death in diabetic patients is similar to that of patients with a history of heart attack with coronary artery calcification being an independent predictor of mortality [1,2]. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is one of the most precise tools in the description of the morphology of the culprit lesion, allowing for the in vivo characterization of the atherosclerotic plaques [3,4]. The purpose of this study was to compare the calcification of the culprit lesion between diabetic and non-diabetic patients who present with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).

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Comparison of coronary calcification of the culprit lesion between diabetic and non-diabetic patients with acute coronary syndrome☆

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