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- Title
Assessment of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in apparently uncomplicated type 2 diabetic patients: a role for lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein(a) polymorphism.
- Authors
Gazzaruso, Carmine; Garzaniti, Adriana; Giordanetti, Stefano; Falcone, Colomba; De Amici, Emanuela; Geroldi, Diego; Fratino, Pietro
- Abstract
In patients with uncomplicated diabetes, there is low probability of finding significant coronary artery disease (CAD) by noninvasive tests. Therefore, screening for its presence is not justified, and it is important to find reliable predictors of silent CAD to identify patients with uncomplicated diabetes for further screening. The relationship between lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)], apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] polymorphism, and silent CAD has never been studied. We investigated the association of Lp(a) and apo(a) polymorphism with angiographically documented asymptomatic CAD in type 2 diabetic patients without evident complications.
- Publication
Diabetes care, 2002, Vol 25, Issue 8, p1418
- ISSN
0149-5992
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.2337/diacare.25.8.1418