Measurement of the intima-media thickness of the carotid artery is useful in screening for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis in type 2 diabetics with hypertension.
This noninvasive method appears to be effective even in asymptomatic type 2 diabetic patients, say investigators from the Department of Medicine at Nagasaki Municipal Medical Center in Nagasaki, Japan.
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