Journal article
Glucose levels compared with diabetes history in the risk assessment of patients with acute myocardial infarction
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Both a history of diabetes mellitus and elevated inhospital glucose levels predict death after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). However, only diabetes history (and not glucose levels) is routinely considered in AMI risk assessment.
METHODS: We conducted a post hoc analysis of 2 randomized controlled trials of AMI with ST-segment elevation to compare the prognostic value of inhospital glucose levels with diabetes history in 30,536 …
Authors
Goyal A; Mehta SR; Gerstein HC; Díaz R; Afzal R; Xavier D; Zhu J; Pais P; Lisheng L; Kazmi KA
Journal
American Heart Journal, Vol. 157, No. 4, pp. 763–770
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
April 2009
DOI
10.1016/j.ahj.2008.12.007
ISSN
0002-8703