Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus
Enhanced Prognostic Prediction Using a Simple Risk Score
Nithima Chaowalit, MD1,
Ana Lucia Arruda, MD2,
Robert B. McCully, MD, FACC,
Kent R. Bailey, PhD and
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FACC*
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

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Figure 1 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients with diabetes mellitus according to the test result and extent of inducible ischemia. % isch = the percentage of ischemic segments.
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Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for patients with diabetes mellitus according to the risk category.
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Figure 3 The estimated five-year mortality, derived from the Kaplan-Meier method, for patients with diabetes mellitus according to age group and risk category.
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