Coronary Plaque Characteristics Assessed by 256-Slice Coronary CT Angiography and Association with High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Symptomatic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

<div>A 62-year-old man with 17 years’ history of diabetes with multivessel disease. (a) Volume rendering image depicts unsmooth edges for left and right coronary vessels. (b), (c), and (d) show diffuse calcified plaques and multiple stenosis distributed in the whole course of the LAD, LCX, and RCA arteries (arrows).</div>

Journal of Diabetes Research

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Figure 3: Coronary Plaque Characteristics Assessed by 256-Slice Coronary CT Angiography and Association with High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Symptomatic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes 

Figure 3 | Coronary Plaque Characteristics Assessed by 256-Slice Coronary CT Angiography and Association with High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Symptomatic Patients with Type 2 Diabetes 