Diabetes mellitus type 2 and angina pectoris : novel insights in diagnosis, prognosis and treatment

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Chapter 1: Introduction and outline of the thesis

Chapter 2: Prevalence of myocardial ischemia as assessed with myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 and mild anginal symptoms

Chapter 3: Prognostic value of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in type 2 diabetic patients with mild, stable angina pectoris

Chapter 4: Diabetes mellitus type 2 is associated with higher levels of myeloperoxidase

Chapter 5: Myeloperoxidase is not associated with scintigraphic myocardial perfusion abnormalities in type 2 diabetic patients with mild stable anginal complaints

Chapter 6: NT-pro-BNP is independently associated with myocardial ischemia in mildly symptomatic type 2 diabetic patients

Chapter 7: The procoagulant state of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in relation to myocardial ischemia

Chapter 8: Cardiac complications in type 2 diabetic patients with mild anginal complaints and documented reversible myocardial perfusion defects : results of the MERIDIAN trial

Chapter 9: Primary percutaneous coronary intervention for patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction with and without diabetes mellitus

Chapter 10: High-dose atorvastatin versus usual-dose simvastatin for secondary prevention in patients with cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus type 2 : sub analysis of the IDEAL trial

Chapter 11: Summary and conclusions

Chapter 12: Samenvatting en conclusies

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