title: Point: Diabetic Patients and Coronary Calcium: Risk stratification, compliance, and plaque progression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Saint John's Cardiovascular Research Center, Research and Education Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California 90502, USA. budoff@flash.net
authors.forename: Matthew J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Budoff
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000378:metabolism*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium