Left ventricular remodeling in patients with stress hyperglycemia after acute myocardial infarction

Background To investigate the association between left ventricular remodeling and stress hyperglycemia (SH) inpatients with acute anterior wall myocardial Infarction. Methods Patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction and a successful primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) were enrolled and divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of SH. Patients with diabetes mellitus were excluded. Echocardiographic studies were performed on discharge and at 6 month follow-up. Left ve...