Myocardial Infarction

[Bman83]

I need some help with the following:

During an MI there has been studies to show glucose levels increase - why? Is it due to the fact certain steroids are released? If so can someone explain the mechanism of this?

Also by how much will blood glucose levels increase - will it be a significant increase?

Brendan

[Revenged]

I need some help with the following:

During an MI there has been studies to show glucose levels increase - why? Is it due to the fact certain steroids are released? If so can someone explain the mechanism of this?

Also by how much will blood glucose levels increase - will it be a significant increase?

Brendan

no, it wouldn't be due to steriods - they take hours to have an effect...

at a guess i'd say increased glucose would be a result of increased adrenaline release due to stress...

[kotoreru]

I could be talking out of my...well you know, but it's possible the dying cardiac tissue releases glucose after a heart attack.

[drsi]

I would have to say that the release of stress hormones, adrenaline and cortisol, would lead to an increase in blood glucose level. They are released in response to the body stress and pain. They have an anti-insulin effect. By how much, that's beyond me.

hope this helps,

[khenwood]

From the European Heart Journal -

http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi ... 27/11/1264

[mcar]

MI is irreversible. myocardial cells lacks oxygen for so long, and eventually dies--