[Metabolic control by means of insulin in patients with type 2 diabetes and acute myocardial infarction (DIGAMI 2): effects on mortality and morbidity--secondary publication]

• Patients with diabetes have an unfavourable prognosis after an acute myocardial infarction. The DIGAMI 2 study investigated the effect of various metabolic treatment strategies in type 2 diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction: acutely introduced, long-term insulin treatment did not improve survival when compared with conventional management at similar levels of glucose control. However, good glucose control seems important since the glucose level was found to be a strong predictor of long-term mortality in this patient category.

Ämnesord

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Endokrinologi och diabetes (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Endocrinology and Diabetes (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Aged

Blood Glucose/*metabolism

Diabetes Mellitus

Type 2/complications/*drug therapy/mortality

Female

Follow-Up Studies

Humans

Hypoglycemic Agents/*therapeutic use

Insulin/*therapeutic use

Male

Myocardial Infarction/complications/*drug therapy/mortality

Prognosis

Publikations- och innehållstyp

ref (ämneskategori)

art (ämneskategori)