Are even impaired fasting blood glucose levels preoperatively associated with increased mortality after CABG surgery?
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- 30 March 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in European Heart Journal
- Vol. 26 (15), 1513-1518
- https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehi182
Abstract
Aims Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) below the diagnostic threshold for diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with macrovascular pathology and increased mortality after percutaneous coronary interventions. The study goal was to determine whether pre-operative fasting blood glucose (fB-glu) is associated with an increased mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Methods and results During 2001–03, 1895 patients underwent primary CABG [clinical DM (CDM) in 440/1895; complete data on fB-glu for n=1375/1455]. Using pre-operative fB-glu, non-diabetics were categorized as having normal fB-glu (P=0.002). Conclusion The elevated risk of death after CABG surgery known previously to be associated with CDM seems also to be shared by a group of similar size that includes patients with IFG and undiagnosed DM.Keywords
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