Sustained prognostic implications of newly detected glucose abnormalities in patients with acute myocardial infarction: Long-term follow-up of the Glucose Tolerance in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction cohort

Conclusion:
An OGTT at discharge after AMI disclosed a high proportion of patients with previously unknown AGT which had a significant and independent association with long-term prognosis.

Source: Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research - December 9, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Ritsinger, V., Tanoglidi, E., Malmberg, K., Nasman, P., Ryden, L., Tenerz, A., Norhammar, A. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research