A place to move your ideas

Un posto dove muovere le tue idee

Paolo Palatini - Clinica Medica IV University of Padova Italy; Giuseppe Berton - Conegliano General Hospital Department of Cardiology Conegliano Italy

In the recently published study byKragelundet al.,1 fasting insulin, bloodglucose, HbA1c, and microalbuminuria were measured in a large sample of non-diabetic patients with acute myocardialinfarction (AMI) between the second andthe fifth day after admission. All the above markers were associated with global mortality after 7 years of followup at univariable analyses, but only insulin level remained an independent predictor of outcome at multivariable analysis. We believe that the predictive power of albumin excretion (AE) has been overlooked by the authors owing to a series of methodological problems.

European Heart Journal (2005) 26, 1242–1244

Welcome

In 1992, a small group of medical researchers and other participants embarked on an project to investigate new clinical factors for heart disease, studying patients with acute coronary syndrome and following them for many years. Today, the observations on the long-term survival after acute coronary syndrome are internationally acknowledged. Main results appears on the most important cardiovascular texts across the world. The study is called “the ABC heart disease study”.

Nel 1992, un piccolo gruppo di medici ricercatori ed altri operatori sanitari, iniziarono un progetto per studiare nuovi fattori clinici della malattia cardiaca, studiando pazienti con sindrome coronarica acuta e seguendoli per molti anni. Oggi, ciò che è stato osservato sulla sopravvivenza a lungo temine dopo sindrome coronarica acuta è riconosciuto a livello internazionale. I principali risultati appaiono sui maggiori testi di medicina cardiovascolare in tutto il mondo. Questo progetto è stato chiamato “the ABC heart disease study”.

Mission

The Mission of the ABC Study on Heart Disease Project is to promote the knowledge on heart disease chiefly based on the long-term follow up of the patients. And to promote citizen health supporting preventive, social, and sport activities.