title: Frequency of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: In a prospective cohort of patients who had acute coronary syndrome, we used a simple fasting plasma glucose to identify previously unrecognized diabetes mellitus. A total of 57% of patients who had acute coronary syndrome had abnormal glucose metabolism; approximately 66% of those who met criteria for new diabetes were not diagnosed or treated as such by the physicians who managed them.
authors.affiliation: Mid America Heart Institute of Saint Luke's Hospital, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. conawayd@umkc.edu
authors.forename: Darcy Green
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Conaway
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: O'Keefe
authors.forename: Kimberly J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Spertus
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008923:Missouri / Q000453:epidemiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011446:Prospective Studies
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose