title: Hyperglycaemia in acute coronary syndromes: risk-marker or therapeutic target?
abstract: Patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) often have raised blood glucose concentrations when admitted to hospital; a marker for poorer prognosis. Interventions to rapidly normalise blood glucose inconsistently are applied and with uncertain utility. Here we review the association of hyperglycaemia with outcome, present evidence that this hyperglycaemia reflects more than a pre-existing diabetic state and discuss mechanisms by which glucose may adversely affect the course of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Finally, we seek evidence that intensive insulin treatment improves outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Swansea NHS Trust, Swansea SA2 8QA, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anantharaman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heatley
authors.forename: C F M
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Weston
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007328:Insulin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin