Insulin resistance negatively affects long-term outcome in non-diabetic patients with coronary artery disease after therapies to reduce atherosclerotic risk factors.

CONCLUSIONS: The presence of IR despite optimized therapies to reduce atherosclerotic risk factors represents an adverse outcome predictor in non-diabetic patients with CAD.
PMID: 23810069 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Cardiology - June 25, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kitta Y, Nakamura T, Uematsu M, Sugamata W, Deyama J, Fujioka D, Saito Y, Kawabata K, Obata JE, Kugiyama K Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research