Various admission glucose cut-offs for prognostication and for therapeutic threshold in acute myocardial infarction

Goran P. Koracevic

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2014.09.046

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Various admission glucose cut-offs for prognostication and for therapeutic threshold in acute myocardial infarction☆☆☆

Goran P. Koracevic, MD, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Clinical Center and Medical Faculty, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2014.09.046

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Glycemia is a crucial laboratory parameter; and from a “therapeutic” point of view, it is essential to avoid/correct both hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, particularly if they are pronounced. This also holds true for patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Indeed, in addition to general principles, one of the reasons why correction of high/low glycemia is important in AMI comes from precise investigations of prognostic impact of dysglycemia in this diasease.

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☆The author would like to thank Vesna Milovanovic, MD, Canterbury, UK, for the scientific edit of the manuscript.

☆☆This work has been supported by the Serbian Ministry of Education and Science (Belgrade, Serbia), grant no. III41018 .

Various admission glucose cut-offs for prognostication and for therapeutic threshold in acute myocardial infarction☆☆☆

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