Intense metabolic control by means of insulin in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction (DIGAMI 2): effects on mortality and morbidity

Malmberg, K.; Rydén, Lars; Wedel, Hans; I. Birkeland, Kåre; H. Bootsma, Aart; Dickstein, Kenneth; Efendić, Suad; Fisher, Miles; Hamsten, Anders; Herlitz, Johan; Hildebrandt, Per; M. MacLeod, K.; Laakso, Markku; Torp‐Pedersen, Christian; Waldenström, Anders; the DIGAMI 2 Investigators, for

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi199

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Intense metabolic control by means of insulin in patients with diabetes mellitus and acute myocardial infarction (DIGAMI 2): effects on mortality and morbidity

Published in European Heart Journal • Feb 23, 2005

Authors:

K. Malmberg

Lars Rydén

Hans Wedel

Abstract

AIMS: Patients with diabetes have an unfavourable prognosis after an acute myocardial infarction. In the first DIGAMI study, an insulin-based glucose management improved survival. In DIGAMI 2, three treatment strategies were compared: group 1, acute insulin-glucose infusion followed by insulin-based...

Subject

Medicine

Insulin

Diabetes mellitus

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