doi:10.1100/2012/698597 The cientificWorldJOURNAL Research Article Characteristics, Management, and In-Hospital Outcomes of Diabetic Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in the United

Copyright © 2012 Abdulla Shehab et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We describe the baseline characteristics, management, and in-hospital outcomes of patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with DM admitted with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and assess the influence of DM on in-hospital mortality. Data was analyzed from 1697 patients admitted to various hospitals in the UAE with a diagnosis of ACS in 2007 as part of the 1st Gulf RACE (Registry of Acute Coronary Events). Of 1697 patients enrolled, 668 (39.4%) were diabetics. Compared to patients without DM, diabetic patients were more likely to have a past history of coronary artery disease (49.1 % versus 30.1%, P < 0.001), hypertension (67.2 % versus 36%, P < 0.001), and prior revascularization (21 % versus 11.4%, P < 0.001). They experienced more in-hospital recurrent ischemia (8.5 % versus 5.1%; P = 0.004) and heart failure (20 % versus 10%; P < 0.001). The mortality rate was 2.7