Clinical Study
Hybrid SPECT/CT Imaging in the Evaluation of Coronary Stenosis: Role in Diabetic Patients
Table 1
Clinical characteristics of the patient population.
| | Age (range years) | 56–77 | | Men (no.; %) | 84; 70% | | Women (no.; %) | 36; 30% | | Cardiovascular risk factors | | | Hypertension (no.; %) | 80; 66.7% | | Hypercholesterolemia (no.; %) | 76; 63.3% | | Diabetes mellitus (no.; %) | 120; 100% | | Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 Kg/cm2) (no.; %) | 8; 6.7% | | Current smoking (no.; %) | 44; 36.7% | | Family history of CAD (no.; %) | 32; 26.7% | | Medical history | | | Previous myocardial infarction | 20; 16.6% | | Previous CABG | 4; 3.3% | | Previous PTCA | 16; 13.3% | | Dyspnea | 31; 13.3% | | Typical/atypical chest pain | 42; 35% |
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BMI: body mass index; PTCA: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting.
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