Acute myocardial infarction: a comparison of short-term survival in national outcome registries in Sweden and the UK.

ABSTRACT:

Background

International research for acute myocardial infarction lacks comparisons of whole health systems. We assessed time trends for care and outcomes in Sweden and the UK.

Methods

We used data from national registries on consecutive patients registered between 2004 and 2010 in all hospitals providing care for acute coronary syndrome in Sweden and the UK. The primary outcome was all-cause mortality 30 days after admission. We compared effectiveness of treatment by indirect casemix standardisation. This study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, number NCT01359033.

Findings

We assessed data for 119,786 patients in Sweden and 391,077 in the UK. 30-day mortality was 7·6% (95% CI 7·4-7·7) in Sweden and 10·5% (10·4-10·6) in the UK. Mortality was higher in the UK in c

SUBMITTER: Chung SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4255068 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature