Heart Attack
Scientists at Aarhus University release new data on heart attack
Published in Hospital and Nursing Home Week, May 15th, 2008
"Aims/hypothesis We examined whether the type of preadmission glucose-lowering treatments explained differences in mortality rate and risk of readmission with myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure following first-time hospitalisation for MI in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. We conducted a nationwide population-based follow-up study among all Danish patients hospitalised with first-time MI from 1996 to 2004," scientists writing in the journal Diabetologia report.
"Data on use of glucose-lowering drugs and other medications, comorbidities, socioeconomic status, laboratory findings, readmission with MI and heart failure, and death were obtained from...
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