title: Stiffness and impaired blood flow in lower-leg arteries are associated with severity of coronary artery calcification among asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan. esuzuki@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masanobu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Egawa
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maegawa
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mitsunami
authors.forename: Shigehiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Toshiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inubushi
authors.forename: Atsunori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D035002:Lower Extremity; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011336:Probability; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014655:Vascular Resistance