title: Silent coronary artery disease in patients with diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Coronary artery disease (CAD) represents the leading cause of death in diabetic patients. Silent myocardial ischaemia more often occurs in diabetics than in non-diabetics. It has been well recognised that silent myocardial ischaemia is not different from symptomatic ischaemia with respect to prognosis and adverse events. Asymptomatic high-risk diabetic patients therefore might benefit from routine screening for silent ischaemia and risk stratification; furthermore, silent ischaemia has to be treated accordingly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. mzellweger@uhbs.ch
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Zellweger
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pfisterer
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors