TY - JOUR
T1 - Value of diagnostic tools for myocardial ischemia used in routine clinical practice to predict cardiac events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
T2 - A prospective study
AU - De Azevedo, Mirela J.
AU - Neto, André F.R.
AU - Caramori, Maria Luiza A.
AU - Beck, Maristela O.
AU - Moreira, Juliano S.R.
AU - Ludwig, Roberto
AU - Gross, Jorge L.
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Objective: To analyze tests used in routine clinical practice for the diagnosis of myocardial ischemia to predict the development of cardiac events in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: The occurrence of cardiac events (new myocardial infarct, myocardial re-vascularization procedures, congestive heart failure, acute pulmonary edema, sudden death, and death after myocardial infarction or pulmonary edema) were prospectively assessed in a cohort of 135 type 2 diabetic patients after up to seven years of follow-up. At baseline, coronary artery disease was assessed by the WHO cardiovascular questionnaire, resting electrocardiogram, and stress myocardial scintigraphy. Results: Forty-eight cardiac events were observed in 41 patients (10.5 events/100 patients-year). In a Cox's proportional-hazard model only the presence of symptoms of coronary artery disease on the WHO cardiovascular questionnaire alone (RR= 2.13, 95% CI 1.11-4.07, P= 0.022) or in combination with abnormalities on resting ECG (RR= 2.03, 95% CI 1.05-3.92, P= 0.034) or on myocardial scintigraphy (RR= 1.89, 95% CI 1.001-3.57, P= 0.050) predicted cardiac events, adjusted for fasting plasma glucose, mean blood pressure, body mass index, peripheral vascular disease and diabetic nephropathy. Conclusion: The WHO cardiovascular questionnaire, a simple tool for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, is a significant predictor of cardiac events in type 2 diabetic patients.
AB - Objective: To analyze tests used in routine clinical practice for the diagnosis of myocardial ischemia to predict the development of cardiac events in type 2 diabetic patients. Methods: The occurrence of cardiac events (new myocardial infarct, myocardial re-vascularization procedures, congestive heart failure, acute pulmonary edema, sudden death, and death after myocardial infarction or pulmonary edema) were prospectively assessed in a cohort of 135 type 2 diabetic patients after up to seven years of follow-up. At baseline, coronary artery disease was assessed by the WHO cardiovascular questionnaire, resting electrocardiogram, and stress myocardial scintigraphy. Results: Forty-eight cardiac events were observed in 41 patients (10.5 events/100 patients-year). In a Cox's proportional-hazard model only the presence of symptoms of coronary artery disease on the WHO cardiovascular questionnaire alone (RR= 2.13, 95% CI 1.11-4.07, P= 0.022) or in combination with abnormalities on resting ECG (RR= 2.03, 95% CI 1.05-3.92, P= 0.034) or on myocardial scintigraphy (RR= 1.89, 95% CI 1.001-3.57, P= 0.050) predicted cardiac events, adjusted for fasting plasma glucose, mean blood pressure, body mass index, peripheral vascular disease and diabetic nephropathy. Conclusion: The WHO cardiovascular questionnaire, a simple tool for the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, is a significant predictor of cardiac events in type 2 diabetic patients.
KW - Cardiac events
KW - Coronary artery disease
KW - Risk factors
KW - Type 2 diabetes
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U2 - 10.1590/s0004-27302006000100007
DO - 10.1590/s0004-27302006000100007
M3 - Article
C2 - 16628274
AN - SCOPUS:33646722440
SN - 0004-2730
VL - 50
SP - 46
EP - 52
JO - Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
JF - Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia
IS - 1
ER -