TY - JOUR
TI - Relation of coronary artery ectasia to diabetes mellitus
AU - Androulakis, AE
AU - Andrikopoulos, GK
AU - Kartalis, AN
AU - Stougiannos,
AU - PN
AU - Katsaros, AA
AU - Syrogiannidis, DN
AU - Tapanlis, EN and
AU - Stefanadis, C
AU - Kallikazaros, IE
JO - AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
PY - 2004
VL - 93
TODO - 9
SP - 1165-1167
PB - EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
SN - 0002-9149
TODO - 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.01.049
TODO - null
TODO - An increased prevalence of coronary artery ectasia (CAE) and a low
frequency of diabetes mellitus have been reported in patients with
abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The prevalence of diabetes was studied
in 190 patients with CAE in comparison with 341 age- and gender-matched
patients with coronary artery disease alone. Diabetes mellitus was found
to be independently but inversely associated with CAE (relative risk
0.603, 95% confidence interval 0.375 to 0.960, p = 0.037), thus
resembling the relation between diabetes and AAA. (C) 2004 by Excerpta
Medica, Inc.
ER -