title: Detection of coronary artery disease in diabetic hypertensive patients using conventional transthoratic echocardiography at rest.
abstract: To investigate the usefulness of conventional transthoratic echocardiography in identifying coronary artery disease (CAD) in diabetic hypertensive patients, transthoratic echocardiography and coronary angiography were performed in 122 diabetic hypertensive patients with suspected CAD. Correlation analysis, multivariate analysis and receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis were done. Diabetic hypertensive patients with CAD had significantly smaller coronary sinus diameter (Dcs), less velocity time integral (VTI), less coronary sinus flow (Flow) and less Flow divided by left ventricular mass (Flow/LVM) at rest versus normal participants (P < 0.01) and diabetic hypertensive patients without CAD (P < 0.05). The VTI, Dcs, Flow, LVM and Flow/LVM all showed significant correlations with the maximal percent stenosis of the coronary artery lesions (P < 0.05). However, only Flow showed statistically significant correlations with the maximal percent stenosis of the coronary artery lesions (P < 0.01) when multiple stepwise regression analysis was performed. For predicting CAD (angiographically proven, >50%) in diabetic hypertensive patients, the area under the ROC (AUC) was 0.92 for Flow, and a cut-off of <220 ml/min had a 93.2% sensitivity, 87.9% specificity and 91.3% accuracy. For predicting a >70% coronary artery stenosis, the AUC was 0.88 for Flow, and a cut-off of <147 ml/min had an 89.5% sensitivity, 87.4% specificity and 88.5% accuracy. Conventional transthoratic echocardiography can effectively and sensitively detect the CAD in diabetic hypertensive patients at rest. The reduced coronary sinus flow is a sensitive and specific predictor of CAD in diabetic hypertensive patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ultrasound, The First People's Hospital of Lianyungang, 182 North Tongguan Road, Xinpu District, Lianyungang, 222002, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China, zhangjiezxz@163.com.
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ji-Xu
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Cheng-Bo
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Hong-E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019540:Area Under Curve; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015588:Observer Variation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
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