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Combination of the Framingham Risk Score and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Improves the Prediction of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

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2011

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Michiko Yoshida, Tomoya Mita, Risako Yamamoto, Tomoaki Shimizu, Fuki Ikeda, Chie Ohmura, Akio Kanazawa, Takahisa Hirose, Ryuzo Kawamori, Hirotaka Watada
Diabetes Care

Abstract

Carotid IMT is a significant predictor of CVD in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients, and the combination of FRS and IMT improves the prediction of CVD in these patients.

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