TY - BOOK AU - Emmanuel Fares Aziz Fawzy AU - Azza Farrag , AU - Mohammed Ali Salem , AU - Sameh Bakhoum , TI - Impact of diabetes mellitus on coronary and extracoronary calcification in patients with coronary artery disease / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Emmanuel Fares Aziz Fawzy , KW - Atherosclerosis KW - Coronary calcification KW - Diabetes mellitus N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology; Issued also as CD N2 - Young diabetic patients had increased coronary and extracoronary atherosclerotic burden as detected by multidetector computed tomography. Cardiovascular complications are the major cause of diabetes- associated morbidity and mortality. Coronary artery calcium score (CACS) was found to be a powerful predictor of coronary artery disease CAD ER -