Frequency of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
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.
Conaway
Darcy Green
DG
Mid America Heart Institute of Saint Luke's Hospital, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA. conawayd@umkc.edu
O'Keefe
James H
JH
Reid
Kimberly J
KJ
Spertus
John
J
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
D001786:Blood Glucose