Triglyceride glucose index for predicting cardiovascular outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and acute coronary syndrome

Abstract Background The triglyceride glucose (TyG) index, a simple surrogate estimate of insulin resistance, has been demonstrated to predict cardiovascular (CV) disease morbidity and mortality in the general population and many patient cohorts. However, to our knowledge, the prognostic usefulness o...

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Main Authors: Xiaoteng Ma, Lisha Dong, Qiaoyu Shao, Yujing Cheng, Sai Lv, Yan Sun, Hua Shen, Zhijian Wang, Yujie Zhou, Xiaoli Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-020-01006-7