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American Heart Association says more than 10 percent of Heart Attack Patients may have undiagnosed Diabetes
Researchers studied data on 2,854 heart attack patients who did not have a known diagnosis of diabetes in 24 U.S. hospitals to understand the prevalence and recognition of undiagnosed diabetes. They tested the patients’ A1C levels, which is a standard test to determine blood sugar levels for the past 2-3 months. Researchers found:
Diabetes, which causes blood sugar to reach dangerous levels, significantly raises the risk for heart attack. Two out of three people with diabetes die from cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association statistics. “Diagnosing diabetes in patients who have had a heart attack is important because of the role diabetes plays in heart disease,” said Suzanne V. Arnold, M.D., M.H.A., the study’s lead author and assistant professor at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute and the University of Missouri at Kansas City. “By recognizing and treating diabetes early, we may be able to prevent additional cardiovascular complications through diet, weight loss and lifestyle changes in addition to taking medications. Another important reason to diagnose diabetes at the time of heart attack is that it can guide the treatments for the patient’s coronary artery disease.” Those already diagnosed with diabetes should also ask for more information on the disease and how to manage it. Co-authors are Joshua M. Stolker, M.D.; Kasia J. Lipska, M.D., M.H.S.; Yan Li, Ph.D.; John A. Spertus, M.D., M.P.H.; Darren K. McGuire, M.D., M.Sc.; Silvio E. Inzucchi, M.D.; Abhinav Goyal, M.D., M.H.S.; Thomas M. Maddox, M.D., M.Sc.; Marcus Lind, M.D.; Supriya Shore, M.D.; and Mikhail Kosiborod, M.D. Author disclosures are on the abstract. The National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and Genentech Inc. funded the study. Additional Resources:SectionsNewsTopicsAmerican Heart Association, Baltimore MD, Blood Sugar, Cardiovascular Disease, diabetes, Heart Attack, High blood Pressure, Obesity, Overweight, University of Missouri-Kansas City |
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