Journal article
High mortality in obese women diabetics with acute myocardial infarction
British medical journal, Vol.1(6077), pp.1624-1626
06/25/1977
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.6077.1624
PMCID: PMC1607717
PMID: 871698
Abstract
The factors associated with mortality in 89 diabetics and 793 non-diabetics with acute myocardial infarction who were initially admitted to a coronary care unit were analysed retrospectively. During their stay in hospital diabetics had twice the mortality of non-diabetics. The higher mortality among diabetics was largely accounted for by obese women, who had a hospital mortality of 43%. There was an increased incidence of congestive heart failure in such patients. A therapeutic trial should be performed in such patients to assess whether insulin has an effect on infarct size.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- High mortality in obese women diabetics with acute myocardial infarction
- Creators
- M J TanseyL H OpieB M Kennelly
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- British medical journal, Vol.1(6077), pp.1624-1626
- DOI
- 10.1136/bmj.1.6077.1624
- PMID
- 871698
- PMCID
- PMC1607717
- ISSN
- 0007-1447
- eISSN
- 1468-5833
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 06/25/1977
- Academic Unit
- Endocrinology and Diabetes; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984354005602771
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