Usefulness of hyperglycemia in predicting renal and myocardial injury in patients with diabetes mellitus undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Journal   The American journal of cardiology. Citation   Am J Cardiol. 94(8):1027-9 Publication date   2004 Oct 15 Authors   Robertson BJ Gascho JA Gabbay RA McNulty PH Investigators   Robert A. Gabbay Joseph A. Gascho MeSH headings   Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary Cardiomyopathies Coronary Disease Diabetic Angiopathies Diabetic Nephropathies Hyperglycemia MeSH qualifiers   etiology complications therapy diagnosis Abstract   A retrospective analysis of 165 patients who had diabetes mellitus and underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) between 1998 and 2003 demonstrated that those whose plasma glucose levels were >/=200 mg/dl before PCI exhibited greater creatine phosphokinase release and serum creatinine increases after PCI. These observations identified hyperglycemia as a potentially modifiable mediator of myocardial and renal injuries in patients who have diabetes and have undergone PCI.