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Echolucency-based phenotype in carotid atherosclerosis disease for risk stratification of diabetes patients.
Diabetes research and clinical practice - 1 Sept 2018
Kotsis Vasileios, Jamthikar Ankush D, Araki Tadashi, Gupta Deep, Laird John R, Giannopoulos Argiris A, Saba Luca, Suri Harman S, Mavrogeni Sophie, Kitas George D, Viskovic Klaudija, Khanna Narendra N, Gupta Ajay, Nicolaides Andrew, Suri Jasjit S
Abstract excerpt
AIM: The study investigated the association of carotid ultrasound echolucent plaque-based biomarker with HbA1c, measured as age-adjusted grayscale median (AAGSM) as a function of chronological age, total plaque area, and conventional grayscale median (GSMconv). METHODS: Two stages were developed: (a) automated measurement of carotid parameters such as total plaque area (TPA); (b) computing the AAGSM as a function...
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