Rationale and design of the Turkish acute myocardial infarction registry: The TURKMI Study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To the best of our knowledge, there is no up-to-date information regarding the presentation, management, and clinical course of patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) in Turkey. The TURKMI registry is designed to provide an insight into the characteristics, management from the symptoms onset to the hospital discharge, and outcome of patients with acute MI in Turkey. METHODS:The TURKMI study, as a nationwide registry, will be conducted in 50 percutaneous coronary intervention-capable centers, selected from each EuroStat NUTS region in Turkey according to their population sampling weight, prioritizing the hospital volume in each region. All consecutive patients with acute MI admitted to the coronary care units within the 48 hours of the symptoms onset will be prospectively

SUBMITTER: Erol MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7222638 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature