Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2863874 | The American Journal of the Medical Sciences | 2012 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Hyperglycemia is common in nondiabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Elevated blood glucose level may reflect a response to stress, an underlying abnormal glucometabolic state or both. Regardless of mechanism, hyperglycemia complicating AMI is associated with an inflammatory and prothrombotic state, depressed myocardial contractility and increased short- and long-term mortality. Studies are needed to define optimal monitoring and management of hyperglycemia in nondiabetic patients with AMI.
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Authors
Binita Shah, Nicholas S. Amoroso, Steven P. Sedlis,