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Association between the extent of coronary artery disease and prognosis in patients with diabetes mellitus [Letter]

Huan Xu, Hui-Ju Bu, Jing-Zhao HeIntensive Care Unit, Dongguan Donghua Hospital, Dongguan, Guangdong, People's Republic of ChinaThe correlation between the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) and clinicaloutcomes among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) was unclear. Recently, weread with g...

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Published in:Clinical epidemiology 2019-08, Vol.11, p.723-724
Main Authors: Xu, Huan, Bu, Hui-Ju, He, Jing-Zhao
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Language:English
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Summary:Huan Xu, Hui-Ju Bu, Jing-Zhao HeIntensive Care Unit, Dongguan Donghua Hospital, Dongguan, Guangdong, People's Republic of ChinaThe correlation between the extent of coronary artery disease (CAD) and clinicaloutcomes among patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) was unclear. Recently, weread with great interest the study by Gyldenkerne et al.1The authors conducted acohort study of patients with DM who underwent coronary angiography and werestratified according to the extent of coronary artery disease: 0-, 1-, 2- or 3-vesseldisease or diffuse vessel disease, with myocardial infarction, all-cause death, andmajor adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) as endpoints. View the original paper byGyldenkerne and colleagues
ISSN:1179-1349
1179-1349
DOI:10.2147/CLEP.S217196