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Microvascular complications identify a specific coronary atherosclerotic phenotype in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Cardiovascular diabetology - 15 Oct 2022
Montone Rocco A, Pitocco Dario, Gurgoglione Filippo Luca, Rinaldi Riccardo, Del Buono Marco Giuseppe, Camilli Massimiliano, Rizzi Alessandro, Tartaglione Linda, Rizzo Gaetano Emanuele, Di Leo Mauro, Flex Andrea, Russo Michele, Liuzzo Giovanna, Magnani Giulia, Bonadonna Riccardo C, Ardissino Diego, Crea Filippo, Niccoli Giampaolo
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BACKGROUND: Patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are considered as a homogeneous cohort of patients. However, the specific role of diabetic microvascular complications (DMC), in determining the features of coronary plaques is poorly known. We investigated whether the presence of DMC may identify a different phenotype of patients associated to specific clinical, angiographic, optical coherence tomography...
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