Unique role of admission hyperglycemia on myocardial infarction size and area at risk following an acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction

Abstract Background Hyperglycemia can adversely affect patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in both diabetic and non-diabetic patients. The majority of the studies had investigated the impact of admission hyperglycemia (AH) on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality while, i...

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Main Authors: Taghreed Sayed Meshref, Mahmoud Aly Ashry, Refaat Fathi Abd El-Aal, Hisham Mostafa Imam, Dina Ali Hamad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43162-020-00015-y