Journal of cardiology
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Journal of cardiology · Feb 2014
Impact of admission glycemia and glycosylated hemoglobin A1c on long-term clinical outcomes of non-diabetic patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Admission glucose levels have proven to be a predictor in patients with acute myocardial infarction and elevated glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, even in patients without diabetes. However, the effect of both admission glucose and HbA1c levels on clinical outcomes in non-diabetic patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) has not been fully elucidated. We evaluated the combined effect of admission glucose and HbA1c values on long-term clinical outcomes in non-diabetic patients with ACS treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). ⋯ Combined admission glucose and HbA1c values were independently associated with clinical outcomes in non-diabetic patients with ACS treated with PCI.
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Journal of cardiology · Feb 2014
Utility of right ventricular Tei-index for assessing disease severity and determining response to treatment in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
We sought to evaluate the potential utility of echocardiography-derived morphological and functional right ventricular (RV) variables for assessing disease severity of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and determining the changes in the patient's hemodynamics in the clinical course. ⋯ Quantitative echocardiography revealed that the measurement of RV Tei-index is of great clinical utility for predicting disease severity of PAH and determining the changes in the patient's hemodynamics in the clinical course.