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Fig. 2 | Cardiovascular Diabetology

Fig. 2

From: Cohort comparison study of cardiac disease and atherosclerotic burden in type 2 diabetic adults using whole body cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

Fig. 2

MRA visualization of the iliac arteries demonstrating examples of each of the five categorical vessel scores. a Grade 0. b Grade 1—diffuse irregularity of the vessel wall, none of which is causing >50 % stenosis. c Grade 2—50–70 % stenosis in the proximal external iliac. d Grade 3—>70 % stenosis in the common iliac. e Grade 4—complete occlusion of the external iliac just after the bifurcation of the common iliac with compensatory dilation of the internal iliac artery evident

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