Detection of silent myocardial ischemia in asymptomatic patients with diabetes: results of a randomized trial and meta-analysis assessing the effectiveness of systematic screening

Background Most guidelines recommend a systematic screening of asymptomatic high risk patients with diabetes for silent ischemia, but the clinical benefit of this strategy has not been demonstrated compared with the simple control of cardiovascular risk factors. We sought to determine whether referr...

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Published in:	Current controlled trials in cardiovascular medicine Vol. 12; no. 1; p. 23
Main Authors:	Lièvre, Michel M, Moulin, Philippe, Thivolet, Charles, Rodier, Michel, Rigalleau, Vincent, Penfornis, Alfred, Pradignac, Alain, Ovize, Michel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 26.01.2011 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V BMC
Subjects:	Aged Ambulatory Care Asymptomatic Diseases Biomedicine Body mass index Cardiovascular disease Cause of Death Chi-Square Distribution Diabetes Diabetes Complications - diagnosis Diabetes Complications - mortality Diabetes Complications - therapy Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - mortality Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - therapy Diagnosis Dipyridamole Emergency Service, Hospital Exercise Test Female France - epidemiology Health Sciences Heart Failure - mortality Heart Failure - therapy Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Life Sciences Male Mass Screening - methods Medical imaging Medical screening Medicine Medicine & Public Health Meta-analysis Middle Aged Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis Myocardial Ischemia - mortality Myocardial Ischemia - therapy Other Predictive Value of Tests Proportional Hazards Models Prospective Studies Risk Assessment Risk Factors Silent myocardial ischemia Statistics for Life Sciences Stroke - mortality Stroke - therapy Survival Analysis Time Factors Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon Transient ischemic attack Vasodilator Agents France Single Photon Emission Compute Tomography Silent Myocardial Ischemia Usual Care Group Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
ISSN:	1745-6215, 1745-6215
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