Role of echocardiographic left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness in the cardiovascular risk assessment of asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

  1. K. K. Poppe1,2,*,
  2. G. A. Whalley1,3,
  3. J. B. Somaratne4,
  4. S. Keelan5,
  5. W. Bagg1,
  6. C. M. Triggs2,
  7. R. N. Doughty1

Article first published online: 14 JUL 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02305.x

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Internal Medicine Journal

Internal Medicine Journal

Volume 41, Issue 5, pages 391–398, May 2011

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Poppe, K. K., Whalley, G. A., Somaratne, J. B., Keelan, S., Bagg, W., Triggs, C. M. and Doughty, R. N. (2011), Role of echocardiographic left ventricular mass and carotid intima-media thickness in the cardiovascular risk assessment of asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Internal Medicine Journal, 41: 391–398. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02305.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Medicine

  2. 2

    Department of Statistics, The University of Auckland

  3. 3

    Faculty of Medical Imaging, Unitec, Auckland, New Zealand

  4. 4

    Cardiology Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

  5. 5

    Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia

*Katrina Poppe, Department of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand. Email: k.poppe@auckland.ac.nz

  1. Funding: The study was supported by a Project Grant from the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand and the Cardiovascular Ultrasound Laboratory has received financial support from the New Zealand Lotteries Board. K. K. P. is the recipient of a postgraduate scholarship from the National Heart Foundation of New Zealand. J. B. S. was supported by the Douglas Goodfellow Medical Research Fellowship, the Auckland Medical Research Foundation and the Green Lane Research and Educational Fund.

  2. Conflict of interest: None.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 23 MAY 2011
  2. Article first published online: 14 JUL 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 14 JUL 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Received 8 April 2010; accepted 8 June 2010.

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