In patients with acute myocardial infarction, the impact of hyperglycemia as a risk factor for mortality is not homogeneous across age-groups

Diabetes Care

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-152

  Nicolau, José Carlos ^a   Serrano, Carlos Vicente ^a   Giraldez, Roberto Rocha ^a   Baracioli, Luciano Moreira ^a   Moreira, Humberto Graner ^a   Lima, Felipe ^a   Franken, Marcelo ^a   Kalil, Roberto ^a   Franchini Ramires, José Antonio ^a   Giugliano, Robert P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 84859042327     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-1170     Document Type: Article

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