title: [Admission and fasting blood glucose are important prognostic markers in acute coronary syndromes].
abstract: This paper reviews current evidence on the role of admission and fasting glycaemia as prognostic markers in patients with acute coronary syndromes. Though both parameters are correlated, they give different prognostic information and are related to both in-hospital complications, including death, and long-term outcomes. As hyperglycemia at the acute stage of myocardial infarction is an independent predictor of untoward cardiovascular events, blood glucose measurements should become routine in all patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital européen Georges-Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kadri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaib
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Henegariu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bensouda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Damy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Danchin
mesh_terms: D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005215:Fasting; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000401:mortality*; D010343:Patient Admission; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001786:Blood Glucose