Association between pre-hospital chest pain severity and myocardial injury in ST elevation myocardial infarction: A post-hoc analysis of the AVOID study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We sought to determine if an association exists between prehospital chest pain severity and markers of myocardial injury.

Methods and results

Patients with confirmed ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by emergency medical services were included in this retrospective cohort analysis of the AVOID study. The primary endpoint was the association of pre-hospital initial chest pain severity, cardiac biomarkers and infarct size based on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Groups were categorized based on moderate to severe chest pain (numerical rating scale pain ≥ 5/10) or less than moderate severity to compare procedural and clinical outcomes. 414 patients were included in the analysis. There was a weak correlation between initial pre-hospital chest pain

SUBMITTER: Fernando H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8591354 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature