Does stress hyperglycemia worsen cardiac outcomes through increased inflammatory immune processes in MI patients?
Patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI)
Stress hyperglycemia (exposure)
Inflammatory markers and T-cell expressionsurrogate
Stress hyperglycemia during acute MI may lead to poor cardiac outcomes by driving an increased inflammatory immune response.
During MI, hyperglycemia is associated with increased levels of inflammatory markers, enhanced expression of cytotoxic T-cells, and reduced expression of T-cells, which are implicated in limiting the immune process. An increased inflammatory immune process seems a likely mechanism linking acute hyperglycemia to poor cardiac outcome in MI patients.
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Raffaele Marfella
Preventive Cardiology
Mario Siniscalchi
Interventional Cardiology
Katherine Esposito
Preventive Cardiology
Diabetes Care
University of Naples Federico II
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Ospedale Monaldi
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Marfella et al. (Sat,) studied this question.
synapsesocial.com/papers/69d56e2975589c71d767d45d — DOI: https://doi.org/10.2337/diacare.26.11.3129