Prognostic impact of diabetes mellitus on patients managed by urgent percutaneous coronary intervention.

Introduction: Diabetes Mellitus (DM) is known to be associated with worse outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Aim: To assess prognostic impact of DM on patients managed by urgent PCI following ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).

Methods: In a retrospective study, STEMI patients admitted to our department from January 2016 to December 2019 and treated with urgent PCI (primary or rescue PCI) were included.