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Relation of fasting insulin plasma levels to restenosis after elective coronary stent implantation in patients without diabetes mellitus
Journal Paper/Review - Mar 1, 2004
Radke Peter W, Voswinkel Marc, Reith Matthias, Kaiser Axel, Haager Philipp K., Hanrath Peter, Hoffmann Rainer
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The results of this study in 172 patients without diabetes who underwent elective stent implantation showed a significant correlation between preprocedural fasting insulin serum levels and angiographic late lumen loss (correlation coefficient 0.49, p <0.0001). Furthermore, the waist-to-hip ratio and C-peptide and hemoglobin A1c serum levels were associated with the occurrence of binary angiographic restenosis.