Effect of insulin infusion on electrocardiographic findings following acute myocardial infarction: Importance of glycaemic control: Short Report

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-176

  Gan, R M ^b   Wong, V ^b   Cheung, N W ^b   McLean, M ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyperglycaemia; Insulin infusion; Myocardial infarction; QT interval

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN INFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QT PROLONGATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 60049097636     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2008.02630.x     Document Type: Article

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