Endocrine Abstracts

Diabetes contributes to 80% mortality in coronary heart disease (CHD). Hyperglycaemia antedates diabetes and is a late stage in the series of events leading to diabetes.Stress hyperglycaemia on admission with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been reported to have an increased risk of in-hospital mortality/morbidity.We conducted a retrospective study of all AMI admissions to coronary care unit over a six-month period to see th...