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Assessment of asymptomatic coronary artery disease in apparently uncomplicated type 2 diabetic patients: a role for lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein(a) polymorphism.
Diabetes care - 1 Aug 2002
Gazzaruso Carmine, Garzaniti Adriana, Giordanetti Stefano, Falcone Colomba, De Amici Emanuela, Geroldi Diego, Fratino Pietro
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OBJECTIVE: 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)...
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