title: Prognostic implication of hyperglycemia in myocardial infarction and primary angioplasty.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study assessed the relationship of admission blood glucose level to in-hospital mortality in patients presenting with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and treated with primary angioplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 980 patients presenting with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and treated exclusively with primary angioplasty were evaluated. Patients were divided into quartiles based on their admission blood glucose level: group 1 (< or =6.6 mmol/L [< or =119 mg/dL]), group 2 (6.7-7.8 mmol/L [120-140 mg/dL]), group 3 (7.9-10.0 mmol/L [141-180 mg/dL], and group 4 (> or =10.1 mmol/L [> or =181 mg/dL]. The primary end point was in-hospital mortality.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the patient cohort was 62 years, 260 (27%) of whom were female. The mean admission blood glucose level was 9.1+/-4.4 mmol/L (164+/-79 mg/dL). At admission, 16% of this group were known to have diabetes. The in-hospital mortality rate was 3.8% (n=37), 5.2% in the diabetic group (n=8) and 3.5% (n=29) in the nondiabetic group. In-hospital mortality rates were significantly increased in patients with an elevated admission blood glucose level (P<.001). The in-hospital deaths in each admission blood glucose level quartile were 0.4% (n=1) in group 1, 2% (n=6) in group 2, 2% (n=6) in group 3, and 10% (n=24) in group 4.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this cohort of patients who were admitted with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and treated exclusively with primary angioplasty, elevated admission blood glucose level is significantly associated with an increase in in-hospital mortality.
authors.affiliation: Foothills Interventional Cardiology Service, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences and the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, Alberta.
authors.forename: Matthew I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Worthley
authors.forename: Fiona M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Shrive
authors.forename: Todd J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Mouhieddin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Traboulsi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017130:Angioplasty; D001786:Blood Glucose; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose