Why the study?
Does the presence of metabolic syndrome increase the risk of in-hospital death and severe heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Population
633 unselected, consecutive patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)
Comparison
Presence of metabolic syndrome vs Absence of metabolic syndrome
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
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Metabolic syndrome may predict severe HF after AMI; hypothesis-generating for hyperglycemia interventions, pending prospective trials.
Does the presence of metabolic syndrome increase the risk of in-hospital death and severe heart failure in patients with acute myocardial infarction?
Metabolic syndrome, driven primarily by hyperglycemia, is highly prevalent in AMI patients and strongly predicts the development of severe in-hospital heart failure.
Marianne Zeller (2005) studied this question.
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