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  • Title: Assessment of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with single photon emission computed tomography and coronary computed tomography angiography.
    Author: Choi EK, Chun EJ, Choi SI, Chang SA, Choi SH, Lim S, Rivera JJ, Nasir K, Blumenthal RS, Jang HC, Chang HJ.
    Journal: Am J Cardiol; 2009 Oct 01; 104(7):890-6. PubMed ID: 19766752.
    Abstract:
    We evaluated the characteristics of coronary artery disease in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA). A total of 116 patients with DM without abnormal electrocardiographic findings or evidence of peripheral arterial disease (number of risk factors > or =2; 62 +/- 7 years, 59% men) underwent CCTA and SPECT. Of the 116 patients with DM, 88 (76%) had a normal single photon emission computed tomographic findings, and 28 (24%) had abnormal perfusion defects. Of the 116 patients, 92 (79%) had atherosclerotic plaques (2 +/- 2 segments per subject), and 20 (17%) had significant stenosis seen on CCTA. Patients with DM and normal findings on SPECT had a similar prevalence of atherosclerotic plaque (78% vs 82%), significant stenosis (15% vs 25%), severe stenosis (7% vs 7%), and calcified (40% vs 43%), mixed (49% vs 57%), and noncalcified plaques (26% vs 29%) and a high (>100) coronary artery calcium score (32% vs 29%; all p >0.05) compared to those with abnormal findings on SPECT. During the mid-term follow-up (24 +/- 4 months), 5 cardiac events occurred in patients with DM and normal findings on SPECT, only in those with occult CAD on CCTA: 1 sudden cardiac death and 4 revascularization procedures. In conclusion, a significant percentage of patients with DM and normal eletrocardiographic findings, no peripheral arterial disease, and normal findings on SPECT have evidence of occult CAD on CCTA. Furthermore, a small percentage had had a cardiac event by mid-term follow-up. SPECT showed limited capability to differentiate the coronary risks between patients with DM and no coronary plaque and from those with a certain degree of disease; 2 circumstances that represent different coronary risks.
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