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Opioid use has grown exponentially in the last 30 years. We aim to compare STEMI outcomes in patients with About 0.8% (N: 8,575) had OUD. After propensity matching (N=4,875), patients with OUD had higher mortality (13.4% vs 11.4%, aOR:1.27, p: 0.002); although rates of MI complications & sudden cardiac arrest were similar in the two cohorts (p>0.05). Opioid users were found to have lower utilization of PCA (70.5% vs 78.3%), PCI (48.9% vs 60.8%) & DES implantation (42.7% vs 53.4%) p<0.001 but a higher bare metal stent/angioplasty (7.4% vs 5.6%, p:0.004). Opioid users had higher readmission rates on 30-day (13.7% vs 10%), 90 & 180-day intervals, higher LOS (4 vs 3 days) & cost of hospitalization p<0.001. Female gender (aOR: 1.23), DM (aOR: 1.37), ESKD (aOR: 2.2) & HF (aOR:1.6) were significant predictors of readmission while rehabilitation transfer was protective against readmissions (aOR:0.8) p<0.001. In STEMI hospitalizations, opioid users have higher mortality, lower rates of revascularizations, and higher readmission rates.
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