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Does the increased use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention over time improve early mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction?
Does the increased use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention over time improve early mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction?
Increased use of primary PCI for STEMI between 2009 and 2013 in a French network did not translate into improved early mortality rates.
Increased primary PCI use was not associated with reduced early STEMI mortality; leaves open whether adjunctive strategies could improve outcomes.
AIM: To assess 5-year evolutions in reperfusion strategies and early mortality in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. METHODS AND In-hospital (4-6%) and 30-day (6-8%) mortalities remained stable from 2009 to 2013. CONCLUSION: In the RESCUe network, the use of primary percutaneous coronary intervention increased from 2009 to 2013, in line with guidelines, but there was no evolution in early mortality.
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