EARLY READMISSIONS AFTER REVASCULARIZATION IN PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH NON-ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Methods Patients >30 years old who diagnosed with NSTEMI and underwent PCI or CABG between January and November of 2013 & 2014 were identified in Nationwide Readmission Database using International Classification of Diseases 9. The major cause of readmission was chest pain/acute coronary synd...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2018-03, Vol.71 (11), p.A1312-A1312
Main Authors: Jacob, Robin, Vejpongsa, Pimprapa, Poosti, Kassra, Bhise, Viraj, Zhao, Yelin, Arain, Salman, Balan, Prakash, Charitakis, Konstantinos, Madjid, Mohammad, Johnson, Nils, Anderson, H. Vernon, Smalling, Richard, Dhoble, Abhijeet
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Heart attacks
Heart surgery
Myocardial infarction
Patient admissions
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Summary:Methods Patients >30 years old who diagnosed with NSTEMI and underwent PCI or CABG between January and November of 2013 & 2014 were identified in Nationwide Readmission Database using International Classification of Diseases 9. The major cause of readmission was chest pain/acute coronary syndrome (ACS) (27%) in PCI and surgical complication (19%) in CABG group.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(18)31853-9