Introduction:

A descriptive and prospective research was carried out with the intention of defining the prognostic value of the leuko-glycemic index in patients carrying acute coronary syndrome with ST elevation.

Objective:

To assess the importance of the use of the leuko-glycemic index as a predictive factor of complications in acute myocardial infarction with elevated ST.

Methods:

A sample of 60 patient was studied; they entered the Intensive Care Unit of the Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital Amalia Simoni, of Camaguey, during 2021, and filled out a questionnaire from which age, color of skin, personal pathological antecedents, toxic habits, complications, status at discharge and results of the leuko-glycemic index were obtained. The extracted data were managed according to descriptive statistic to obtain results in number and percentage, which led to the final conclusions.

Results:

White women over 56 years old, hypertensive and diabetic predominated, associated with smoking in a large percent, and with the appearance of multiple complications. Heart failure and arrhythmias also predominated in more than two thirds of the cases, and there were a high number of deaths with high leuko-glycemic index.

Conclusions:

The results derived from this research support the theoretical-practical foundation of the use of the leuko-glycemic index as a predictor of short term complications in acute myocardial infarction with elevated ST, appreciated for its simplicity, wide availability and low cost.

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