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SUBMITTER: Agarwal M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5599153 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Agarwal Manyoo M Agrawal Sahil S Garg Lohit L Garg Aakash A Bhatia Nirmanmoh N Kadaria Dipen D Reed Guy G
The American journal of cardiology 20170301 10
There is controversy regarding in-hospital mortality, revascularization, and other adverse outcomes in patients with ST-segment elevation (STEMI) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We queried the 2003 to 2011 Nationwide Inpatient Sample databases to identify patients aged ≥18 years with a primary diagnosis of STEMI. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to evaluate the association of COPD with in-hospital clinical outcomes. Patients with COPD comprised 13.2% of 2,120 ...[more]