Does skin autofluorescence reflect integration of past long-term glycemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes?
Skin AF reflects past long-term glycemic control and may serve as a surrogate marker for the development of microvascular complications in place of HbA1c AUC value.
An elevated CK-MB level within three hours of ED presentation is associated with a subsequent ischemic event in the clinically stable chest pain patient without ST-segment elevation. However, the ED CK-MB identifies only a minority or otherwise low-risk patients who develop ischemic events; other markers for diagnosing myocardial ischemia in the ED are needed.