Acute coronary syndromes and diabetes mellitus

Diab Vasc Dis Res. 2004 May;1(1):23-32. doi: 10.3132/dvdr.2004.003.

Abstract

Patients with diabetes mellitus who present with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction or non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes have a higher risk of adverse outcomes than patients without diabetes, and appear to derive greater benefit from evidence-based therapies. However, patients with diabetes mellitus are less commonly treated with proven therapies, so renewed efforts are needed to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients with diabetes mellitus who present with acute coronary syndromes.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Angina, Unstable / drug therapy
  • Angina, Unstable / therapy
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Coronary Disease / drug therapy
  • Coronary Disease / physiopathology
  • Coronary Disease / therapy*
  • Diabetes Complications / drug therapy
  • Diabetes Complications / physiopathology
  • Diabetes Complications / therapy*
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy
  • Myocardial Reperfusion
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
  • Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Syndrome
  • Thrombolytic Therapy

Substances

  • Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
  • Platelet Glycoprotein GPIIb-IIIa Complex