Editor’s Choice- Impact of insulin-treated diabetes on cardiovascular outcomes following high-risk myocardial infarction

• Published in: European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care Vol. 8; no. 3; pp. 231 - 241
• Main Authors: Rossello, Xavier, Ferreira, João Pedro, McMurray, John JV, Aguilar, David, Pfeffer, Marc A, Pitt, Bertram, Dickstein, Kenneth, Girerd, Nicolas, Rossignol, Patrick, Zannad, Faiez
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.04.2019
• Subjects: Aged; Cause of Death - trends; Diabetes Mellitus - drug therapy; Diabetes Mellitus - mortality; Europe - epidemiology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Heart Failure - etiology; Humans; Hypoglycemic Agents - therapeutic use; Incidence; Insulin - therapeutic use; Male; Middle Aged; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Risk Factors; Survival Rate - trends; Systole; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - epidemiology; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - etiology; Europe; diabetes mellitus; left ventricular dysfunction; Insulin; myocardial infarction

Background: Diabetes is associated with poor cardiovascular outcomes, and insulin-treated patients usually have a worse prognosis than non-insulin-treated subjects. The relationship between insulin treatment and outcomes in high-risk myocardial infarction patients has not been described in a large d...