Insulin-Sensitizing Antihyperglycemic Drugs and Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction
Inzucchi SE, Masoudi FA, Wang Y, Kosiborod M, Foody JM, Setaro JF, Havranek EP, Krumholz HM. Insulin-Sensitizing Antihyperglycemic Drugs and Mortality After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Diabetes Care 2005, 28: 1680-1689. PMID: 15983320, DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.7.1680.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute myocardial infarctionYear of dischargeHeart failureAntihyperglycemic agentsMyocardial infarctionHigh riskDiabetic patientsInsulin sensitizersMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsCox proportional hazards modelBorderline higher riskOlder diabetic patientsRetrospective cohort studyHeart failure readmissionInsulin-sensitizing drugsProportional hazards modelFirst rehospitalizationCause readmissionCohort studySecondary outcomesDischarge prescriptionsPrimary outcomeMultivariable analysisAntihyperglycemic drugsIndependent association