Open AccessDoes hypoglycemia cause cardiovascular events?
Author(s) -
Sandeep Chopra,
Aditya Kewal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.91203
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoglycemia , cardiology , vasoconstriction , adverse effect , hemodynamics , diabetes mellitus , anesthesia , insulin , intensive care medicine , endocrinology
Hypoglycemia is a very common side effect of insulin therapy and, to a lesser extent, of treatment with oral hypoglycemic agents. Severe hypoglycemia can precipitate adverse cardiovascular outcomes such as myocardial ischemia and cardiac arrhythmia. These are mainly secondary to autonomic activation which results in hemodynamic changes, vasoconstriction and rise in intravascular coagulability and viscosity.