September 7, 2012European Heart JournalOpen Access

Presentation, management, and outcomes of 25 748 acute coronary syndrome admissions in Kerala, India: results from the Kerala ACS Registry

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Population

25,748 consecutive acute coronary syndrome admissions, mean age 60 years, in Kerala, India.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

In-hospital

Authors

PMP.P. MohananGovernment Medical College RMRony MathewUniversidad de Oviedo MKMangalath Narayanan KrishnanGovernment Medical College

Discussion

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Implication

Supports prioritizing rapid STEMI reperfusion pathways; leaves open causal effects of interventions in prospective trials.

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Population

25,748 consecutive acute coronary syndrome (ACS) admissions (STEMI = 37%; non-STEMI = 31%; unstable angina = 32%), mean age 60 years, in Kerala, India.

Outcome

In-hospital mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)hard clinical

This large Indian ACS registry highlights significant gaps in care, including suboptimal discharge medication rates and inappropriate thrombolysis use, emphasizing the need for health system improvements.

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Mohanan et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7f9735138fa0ec199fe860 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehs219

Topics

Dual antiplatelet therapy

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Presentation, management, and outcomes of 25 748 acute coronary syndrome admissions in Kerala, India: results from the Kerala ACS Registry

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

Topics

Presentation, management, and outcomes of 25 748 acute coronary syndrome admissions in Kerala, India: results from the Kerala ACS Registry

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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