Journal article
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