[Assessment of coronary calcification by computed tomography inclusive of 3DCT].
Coronary artheroclerosis in diabetes patients can be divided into 2 phases, one is seen in the early phase of diabetes or insulin resistance syndrome as unstable plaque with lipid-rich core, thinner fibrous caps and small dose or a lack of calcification and the other in the late or advanced stage of diabetes is hard and stable plaque with much fibrous protein and calcification which extends from truncal to peripheral areas. In diabetic patients in the late stage, coronary accidents occur as the chronic multiple vessel diseases with a lot of calcification, while in the early stage of diabetes vasospastic angina and acute coronary syndrome with less calcification tends to occur. We can find out the coronary calcification by EBCT or 3DCT easily which is characteristic in patients of diabetes complicated with coronary artery disease and in the early stage the stenosis of left truncal artery or large vessels of LAD can be detectable by 3DCT.
Tsushima
Motoo
M
Keio University, School of Medicine, Ise Keio Hospital, Department of Medicine.
Tsushima
Kensuke
K