Hospital outcome of acute myocardial infarction in patients with and without diabetes mellitus

Aims  To assess hospital mortality and morbidity in diabetic and non‐diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction and to compare the results between the two groups. Methods  All patients admitted in 1999 to the intensive care unit of the Schwabing City Hospital with diagnosis of acute myocardi...

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Published in:Diabetic medicine 2004-02, Vol.21 (2), p.183-187
Main Authors: Otter, W., Kleybrink, S., Doering, W., Standl, E., Schnell, O.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
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Autonomic Nervous System Diseases - mortality
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary heart disease
diabetes
Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance
Diabetic Angiopathies - mortality
Diabetic Neuropathies - mortality
Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases)
Endocrinopathies
Female
Germany - epidemiology
Heart
Hospital Mortality
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
mortality
myocardial infarction
Myocardial Infarction - etiology
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Myocardial Infarction - therapy
Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies
neuropathy
Prognosis
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Summary:Aims  To assess hospital mortality and morbidity in diabetic and non‐diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction and to compare the results between the two groups. Methods  All patients admitted in 1999 to the intensive care unit of the Schwabing City Hospital with diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction were assessed for hospital mortality and co‐morbidity. Results  Three hundred and thirty patients with acute myocardial infarction were admitted. Of those, 126 (38%) were diabetic and 204 (62%) were non‐diabetic patients. Mortality within 24 h after admission was 13.5% in diabetic patients and 5.4% in non‐diabetic patients (P 
ISSN:0742-3071
1464-5491
DOI:10.1111/j.1464-5491.2004.01114.x