Background: The relationship of changes in blood glucose concentrations after admission to left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in patients with recanalized anterior acute myocardial infarction (AMI) remains unclear.
Methods and results: Blood glucose concentrations were measured on admission and 24 h after symptom onset in 210 patients with recanalized anterior AMI within 6 h of symptom onset. Of them, 142 had hyperglycemia on admission, defined as a blood glucose >or=8.9 mmol/L, and 68 patients did not. Among the patients with admission hyperglycemia, 49 had persistent hyperglycemia, defined as a blood glucose >or=8.9 mmol/L 24 h after onset, and 93 did not. The incidences of myocardial blush grade of 0/1 after recanalization indicating impaired myocardial perfusion (71%), and peak creatine kinase concentration (5,631+/-2,855 mU/ml) were higher and predischarge LV function (43+/-11%) was lower in patients with persistent hyperglycemia than in those without (p<0.01). Multivariate analysis showed that persistent hyperglycemia was independently associated with LV dysfunction, defined as a predischarge LV ejection fraction <or=40% (odds ratio 7.38, p=0.001).
Conclusions: Persistent hyperglycemia at 24 h after symptom onset is associated with LV dysfunction before discharge in patients with recanalized anterior AMI.