Effect of glycaemic control on complications following cardiac surgery: literature review

M Navaratnarajah, R Rea, R Evans, F Gibson… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2018 - Springer
Introduction No uniform consensus in the UK or Europe exists, for glycaemic management of
patients with Diabetes or pre-diabetes undergoing cardiac surgery. Objective [i] Determine …

Hyperglycemia in acute coronary syndromes: from mechanisms to prognostic implications

M Kosiborod - Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, 2018 - endo.theclinics.com
The observation that elevated blood glucose is common in patients hospitalized with acute
coronary syndromes (ACS) was made many decades ago. 1 Since then, numerous studies …

Home-delivered meals postdischarge from heart failure hospitalization: the GOURMET-HF pilot study

SL Hummel, W Karmally, BW Gillespie… - Circulation: heart …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background In patients with heart failure (HF), malnutrition and dietary sodium excess are
common and may worsen outcomes. No prior studies have provided low-sodium …

Comparing measures to assess health-related quality of life in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

R Napier, SE McNulty, DT Eton, MM Redfield… - JACC: Heart Failure, 2018 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to compare the performance of 2 health-related quality of life
(HRQOL) questionnaires in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction …

Acute kidney injury in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction: role of acute and chronic glycemia

G Marenzi, N Cosentino, V Milazzo… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background In acute myocardial infarction, acute hyperglycemia is a predictor of acute
kidney injury (AKI), particularly in patients without diabetes mellitus. This emphasizes the …

Effect of SAPIEN 3 transcatheter valve implantation on health status in patients with severe aortic stenosis at intermediate surgical risk: results from the PARTNER S3i …

SJ Baron, VH Thourani, S Kodali, SV Arnold… - JACC: Cardiovascular …, 2018 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether transcatheter aortic valve
replacement (TAVR) with the SAPIEN 3 valve (S3-TAVR) results in improved quality of life …

Prediabetes and macrovascular disease: Review of the association, influence on outcome and effect of treatment

W Kleinherenbrink, E Osei, HM den Hertog… - European Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Prediabetes is an intermediate metabolic state between normal glucose metabolism and
diabetes mellitus. Patients with prediabetes have an increased risk (of up to 70%) of …

The management of hyperglycemia in noncritically ill hospitalized patients treated with continuous enteral or parenteral nutrition

KC Vennard, DJ Selen, MP Gilbert - Endocrine Practice, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective: Hyperglycemia is a common problem in hospitalized patients receiving artificial
nutrition, and this development of hyperglycemia during parenteral nutrition therapy (PNT) …

Prevalence, clinical correlates, and outcomes of anaemia in multi‐ethnic Asian patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

VJ Goh, J Tromp, THK Teng, WT Tay… - ESC heart …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Recent international heart failure (HF) guidelines recognize anaemia as an important
comorbidity contributing to poor outcomes in HF, based on data mainly from Western …

Predictors and prognosis for incident in-hospital heart failure in patients with preserved ejection fraction after first acute myocardial infarction: an observational study

M Xu, L Yan, J Xu, X Yang, T Jiang - Medicine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by heart failure with preserved
ejection fraction (HFpEF) are likely to have more adverse cardiovascular events and higher …