Serum Endostatin Type 2 Diabetic Patients

"An oral (metoprolol 20 mg) was given to the patients with heart rates \> 60 beats/minute and had no contraindications to beta-blockers, one hour before the scan. Sublingual nitroglycerin was given to all patients before CT examination. A 64-slice CT scanner (Sensation 64; Siemens Medical System, Germany) was used for imaging all subjects. All CT examinations were done during inspiratory breath holding.~Endostatin levels were measured using a sandwich ELISA kit according to the manufacturer's instructions endostatin ELISA kit (R\&D Systems, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA"