acarbose/infarction

OBJECTIVE To assess if treatment with the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose can reduce cardiovascular events in type 2 diabetic patients. RESULTS This meta-analysis included seven randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled acarbose studies with a minimum treatment duration of 52 weeks. Type 2

BACKGROUND The moderate increase in postprandial plasma glucose in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance has been shown to be a predictor of cardiovascular disease. In the randomised STOP-NIDDM trial, we could demonstrate that lowering postprandial plasma glucose with acarbose in subjects with

BACKGROUND Acarbose, an antidiabetic drug, is an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor that can inhibit glucose absorption in the intestine. A recent large-scale clinical trial, STOP-NIDDM, showed that acarbose reduces the risk of myocardial infarction. We examined whether acarbose reduces myocardial infarct

Impaired glucose metabolism is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events and cardiovascular-associated mortality. Postprandial hyperglycaemia is one of the earliest identifiable indicators of impaired glucose control. It contributes to the progression from impaired glucose tolerance

OBJECTIVE This study examined the effect of acarbose therapy on carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with established coronary artery disease (CAD) who had been newly diagnosed with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) or mild type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). METHODS This was a 1-year,

The metabolic syndrome is strongly associated with insulin resistance and has been recognized as a cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as visceral obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and atherogenic dyslipidemia. Recently, insulin resistance in the absence of overt diabetes or the

BACKGROUND Metformin is the first-line oral therapy for type 2 diabetes with proven benefits against cardiovascular risk. Recent evidence suggested that acarbose might be similar to metformin in glucose-lowering efficacy and cardiovascular risk reduction. Therefore, international guidelines have

The metabolic syndrome is strongly associated with insulin resistance and has been recognized as a cluster of risk factors for cardiovascular diseases such as visceral obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. There is a growing body of evidence to show that nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the

BACKGROUND Excessive postprandial (pp) glucose excursion in people with IGT and type 2 diabetes is associated with a cascade of proatherogenic events. Acarbose, a potent competitive inhibitor of alpha-glucosidases of the small intestine specifically reduces pp hyperglycemia with an average reduction

Protective effects of the alpha-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose have been reported for various diabetic complications. In the STOP-NIDDM study, even patients without overt diabetes, but with impaired glucose tolerance, had a reduction in cardiovascular events when treated with acarbose. Therefore, we

BACKGROUND The worldwide explosive increase in type 2 diabetes mellitus and its cardiovascular morbidity are becoming major health concerns. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of decreasing postprandial hyperglycemia with acarbose, an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor, on the risk of cardiovascular disease

UNASSIGNED Although α-glucosidase inhibitors (AGIs) have been shown to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction in patients with impaired glucose tolerance, the cardiovascular benefits of AGIs in those with type 2 diabetes (T2D) remains unclear. UNASSIGNED We compared the clinical outcomes of adding

The effect of the α-glucosidase inhibitor acarbose on cardiovascular outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease and impaired glucose tolerance is unknown. We aimed to assess whether acarbose could reduce the frequency of cardiovascular events in Chinese patients with established coronary heart