Treatment Time and In-Hospital Mortality Among Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, 2018-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Recognizing the association between timely treatment and less myocardial injury for patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), US national guidelines recommend specific treatment-time goals.

Objective

To describe these process measures and outcomes for a recent cohort of patients.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study of a diagnosis-based registry between the second quarter of 2018 and the third quarter of 2021 for 114 871 patients with STEMI treated at 648 hospitals in the Get With The Guidelines-Coronary Artery Disease registry.

Exposures

STEMI or STEMI equivalent.

Main outcomes and measures

Treatment times, in-hospital mortality, and adherence to system goals (75% treated ≤90 minutes of first medical

SUBMITTER: Jollis JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638953 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature