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  • Glycemic variability (GV) may lead to heart damage in nondiabetic patients who have suffered an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, but this relationship wasn't fully understood before.
  • The study monitored 73 nondiabetic patients using continuous glucose tracking and categorized them into lower and higher GV groups based on their mean amplitude of glycemic excursions (MAGE).
  • Results indicated that patients with higher GV had worse outcomes, including lower myocardial blush grades and reduced ST-segment resolution after treatment, suggesting GV negatively impacts heart recovery.

Article Abstract

Background: Glycemic variability (GV) induces coronary microcirculatory disturbance and myocardial damage in diabetic patients with acute myocardial infarction. However, in nondiabetic acute myocardial infarction patients, the relationship between GV and myocardial damage remains unclear.

Patients And Methods: We investigated GV with a continuous glucose monitoring system in nondiabetic ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients treated with emergent percutaneous coronary intervention. GV was expressed as the mean amplitude of glycemic excursions (MAGE). Myocardial damage was estimated by myocardial blush grade and ST-segment resolution (STRes). STRes was defined as complete (>70%), partial (30-70%), or none (<30%).

Results: Consecutive patients (=73) were enrolled and classified into a lower or higher MAGE group on the basis of the median MAGE. The higher MAGE group showed lower levels of myocardial blush grade (2.41±0.76 vs. 1.72±0.85, =0.001) and STRes (complete: 56.8 vs. 33.3%, =0.044; partial: 32.4 vs. 36.1%, =0.741; none: 10.8 vs. 30.6%, =0.037).

Conclusion: GV was associated with myocardial damage after percutaneous coronary intervention in nondiabetic ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients.

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