Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus
Enhanced Prognostic Prediction Using a Simple Risk Score
Nithima Chaowalit, MD*,
Ana Lucia Arruda, MD*,
Robert B. McCully, MD, FACC*,
Kent R. Bailey, PhD* and
Patricia A. Pellikka, MD, FACC*,*
* Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. Dr. Chaowalit is currently affiliated with the Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, and Dr. Arruda is currently affiliated with the Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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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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