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Open Access
01-01-2014 | Oral presentation
Regadenoson blood flow in type 1 diabetes (RABIT1D Study)
Authors:
Daniel W Groves, Janet K Snell-Bergeon, Devavrat Likhite, Edward V DiBella, Marian J Rewers, Robert A Quaife
Published in:
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in type 1 diabetics (T1D). T1D patients have increased coronary artery calcification (CAC) compared to non-diabetics. We hypothesize that myocardial blood flow (MBF) reserve can be measured in long-standing T1D patients using regadenoson stress cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) perfusion imaging and is a marker of extensive atherosclerotic disease associated with CAC. …