NEW STUDY NEEDS VOLUNTEERS

 

 

 Heart Disease is one of the more serious complications

of diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, and it is the

leading cause of death from diabetes.� Doctors know that

diabetogenic ischemia (constriction of blood vessels) can

progress undetected for years before obvious symptoms

(angina, heart attack) occur.� Quick and timely intervention

saves lives.

 

���� The problem has been to detect diabetic heart disease

in its early stages, before the obvious symptoms manifest

and major damage is done.

 

���� Yale University and DuPont Pharmaceuticals announce the start of the "DIAD" (Detection of "Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetics) study, to evaluate the role of cardiac imaging in screening these at‑risk patients, and the role of DuPont's Cardiolite in assisting that detection.�

 

���� The study is expected to take three years.� The

researchers are seeking 1000 adult type 2 diabetics who have no previous diagnosis of heart disease, and are not

exhibiting clinical signs of heart disease.� If you meet the

conditions, and are interested in volunteering, please

contact the nearest center and individual named below:

 

���� Yale University� (New Haven, CT)

Janice Davey MSN, APRN, Study Coordinator; telephone: (203) 688‑6482

 

���� Norwalk Hospital/Soundview Research Associates

(Norwalk, CT)

Gin Hoenig, RN, Nurse Coordinator; telephone: (203) 838‑

4000, ext. 205

 

���� University of Alabama� (Birmingham, AL)

Dare Hartsell, RN, BSN, Nurse Coordinator; telephone: (205)

934‑0821

 

���� Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Vivian Fonseca, MD, Tulane Alumni Chair in Diabetes;

telephone: (504) 585‑4026

 

���� University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

Maureen McCormick, RN, Nurse Coordinator; telephone: (773)

702‑0204

 

���� University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

Mary Kelly, RN, Nurse Coordinator; telephone: (716) 273‑4072

 

���� University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Wendie Price, RN, Nurse Coordinator; telephone: (804) 924‑

5869

 

 

  
   

 

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