Journal article
Stress hyperglycaemia and increased risk of death after myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes: a systematic overview
Abstract
BACKGROUND: High blood glucose concentration may increase risk of death and poor outcome after acute myocardial infarction. We did a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the risk of in-hospital mortality or congestive heart failure after myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes who had stress hyperglycaemia on admission.
METHODS: We did two searches of MEDLINE for English-language articles published from 1966 to …
Authors
Capes SE; Hunt D; Malmberg K; Gerstein HC
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 355, No. 9206, pp. 773–778
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
3 2000
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(99)08415-9
ISSN
0140-6736