Does hyperglycaemia precede the clinical onset of myocardial ischaemia?
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Stress hyperglycaemia has been observed previously in a large proportion of patients with acute myocardial infarction. We report a patient who presented to our intensive care unit (ICU) on two occasions with acute hyperglycaemia preceding new onset myocardial ischaemia by several hours.
Medical subject headings
- Blood Glucose
- Hyperglycemia
- Insulin
- Myocardial Ischemia