Table 1. Potential pathogenic contributors to a greater burden of CHD in patients with type 2 diabetes.
- Greater plaque burden |
- Greater complexity of lesions |
- Greater coronary calcifications |
- Greater extent of coronary ischaemia |
- More diffuse disease |
- More multi-vessel disease |
- More significantly-affected vessels |
- Fewer normal vessels |
- Reduced coronary collateral recruitment |
- Reduced coronary vasodilatory reserve |