Approximately 20???30% of patients with NSTE-ACS have known diabetes, and at least as many have undiagnosed diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance.247 The Euro Heart Survey revealed that 37% of patients with NSTE-ACS had established or newly discovered diabetes.248 Patients with diabetes are older, are more often female, have more co-morbidities such as hypertension and renal failure, are more lik