Prognostic role of insulin resistance as assessed by homeostatic model assessment index in the acute phase of myocardial infarction in nondiabetic patients submitted to percutaneous coronary intervention

Abstract

In nondiabetic STEMI patients submitted to percutaneous coronary intervention, insulin resistance, as assessed by HOMA index, is quite common and helps in the early prognostic stratification, as it represents an independent predictor of in-hospital mortality.