Prognostic value of exercise echocardiography in patients with diabetes mellitus and known or suspected coronary artery disease

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jul 1;96(1):9-12. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.03.029.

Abstract

To assess the prognostic value of exercise echocardiography in subjects who had diabetes, we studied 214 patients who had 28 hard cardiac events (cardiac death in 15, myocardial infarction in 13) during a follow-up of 44 +/- 16 months. Independent risk factors for predicting cardiac events were insulin therapy (odds ratio 2.313), peak left ventricular ejection fraction (odds ratio 0.973), and ischemia detected by exercise echocardiography (odds ratio 2.513).

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Artery Disease / etiology*
  • Diabetes Complications*
  • Echocardiography, Stress*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Insulin / therapeutic use
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Factors
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents
  • Insulin