Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Successful Reperfusion

A. Nikolaidis, Lazaros; Mankad, Sunil; Sokos, George; Miske, Glen; Shah, Ankur; Elahi, Dariush; P. Shannon, Richard

doi:10.1161/01.cir.0000120505.91348.58

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Effects of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Successful Reperfusion

Published in Circulation • Feb 24, 2004

Authors:

Lazaros A. Nikolaidis

Sunil Mankad

George Sokos

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Glucose-insulin-potassium infusions are beneficial in uncomplicated patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) but are of unproven efficacy in AMI with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction because of volume requirements associated with glucose infusion. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) ...

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Medicine

Ejection fraction

Internal medicine

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