Cathepsin D improves the prediction of undetected diabetes in patients with myocardial infarction.

Conclusions: Newly detected dysglycaemia, including manifest diabetes, is common in patients with acute MI. Cathepsin D improved the prediction of dysglycaemia, which may be helpful in the a priori risk determination of diabetes as a motivation for confirmatory OGTT.
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Source: Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences - August 19, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Velders MA, Calais F, Dahle N, Fall T, Hagström E, Leppert J, Nowak C, Tenerz Å, Ärnlöv J, Hedberg P Tags: Ups J Med Sci Source Type: research