PET spots functional signs of early coronary artery disease in diabetes patients

July 8, 2008 PET spots functional signs of early coronary artery disease in diabetes patients James Brice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Molecular imaging researchers have shown that coronary vascular dysfunction uncovered with PET may be diagnostically more powerful than vascular ultrasound or CT calcium tests for identifying early coronary artery disease in type 2 diabetes patients. Dr. Thomas Schindler, chief of nuclear cardiology at the University Hospital of Geneva in Switzerland, evaluated 23 diabetes patients with normal blood pressure, 13 patients with hypertensive diabetes, and 32 normal controls.

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