The effects of off-normal hours, age, and gender for coronary angioplasty on hospital mortality in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was performed in all 1,050 patients hospitalized within 24 hours of symptoms of documented acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from 1998 to 2002. Hospital mortality was similar in women and men who underwent PTCA for AMI but was higher in patients...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2004-03, Vol.93 (6), p.763-764
Main Authors: Saleem, Mohammad A., Kannam, Hari, Aronow, Wilbert S., Weiss, Melvin B., Kalapatapu, Kumar, Pucillo, Anthony L., Monsen, Craig E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angioplasty
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary - mortality
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary heart disease
Diseases of the cardiovascular system
Effects
Female
Gender
Heart
Heart attacks
Hospital Mortality
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Mortality
Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Myocardial Infarction - therapy
Myocarditis. Cardiomyopathies
New York - epidemiology
Patients
Radiography
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Sex Factors
Treatment Outcome
Workload
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Summary:Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was performed in all 1,050 patients hospitalized within 24 hours of symptoms of documented acute myocardial infarction (AMI) from 1998 to 2002. Hospital mortality was similar in women and men who underwent PTCA for AMI but was higher in patients aged 75 to 95 years (10%) than in patients aged 21 to 50 (2.1%, p
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.11.057