The globalization of the Western lifestyle has resulted in increase of diabetes mellitus, a
complex, multifactorial disease. Diabetes mellitus is a condition often related to the disorders …

Asymptomatic atherosclerosis begins early in life and may progress in a sex-specific manner
to become the major cause of cardiovascular morbidity and death. As diagnostic tools to …

Background Radiotherapy (RT) for breast cancer presents a benefit in terms of reducing
local recurrence and deaths resulting from breast cancer but it can lead to secondary effects …

Background: In healthy participants, short-term flavan-3-ol and isoflavone intakes improve
vascular function; however, the potential combined benefit of these compounds on …

Aims To evaluate the relationship between an incremental model including cardiovascular
risk factors, carotid disease, and inflammatory biomarkers to predict the presence of …

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) derived from coronary CTA datasets () is a major advance in
cardiovascular imaging that provides critical information to the Heart Team without exposing …

Medical imaging technologies are acquiring an increasing relevance to assist clinicians in
diagnosis and to guide management and therapeutic treatment of patients, thanks to their …

There are limited data regarding the role of coronary computed tomographic angiography
(CCTA) in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. We analyzed 557 …

Background Evidence from imaging studies suggests a high prevalence of coronary artery
disease (CAD) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there are no …

Vascular inflammation is recognized as the primary trigger of acute coronary syndrome
(ACS). However, current noninvasive methods are not capable of accurately detecting …