ACS: Acute Coronary Syndrome; FFAs: Free-Fatty Acids; OR: Odds Ratio; CI: Confidence Interval

Figure 1: Pathogenesis of stress hyperglycemia and mechanism of its detrimental effect during acute coronary syndromes (left panel). Prognostic impact of new hyperglycemia on all-cause death is also depicted (right panel). Solid squares and bars denote the odds ratios and the 95% confidence intervals, respectively. Data from reference 4.