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Differential Clinical Outcomes Associated With Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia in Acute Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

BACKGROUND: In patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), hyperglycemia predicts death, but the prognostic significance of hypoglycemia is controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS: We evaluated the prognostic significance of hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia in 30 536 AMI patients in a post hoc analysis of 2 large trials of glucose-insulin-potassium therapy in AMI. Glucose levels on admission and at 6 and 24 hours after admission, as well as …

Authors

Goyal A; Mehta SR; Díaz R; Gerstein HC; Afzal R; Xavier D; Liu L; Pais P; Yusuf S

Journal

Circulation, Vol. 120, No. 24, pp. 2429–2437

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

December 15, 2009

DOI

10.1161/circulationaha.108.837765

ISSN

0009-7322