Age and Gender Differences in Quality of Care and Outcomes for Patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

• Published in: The American journal of medicine Vol. 125; no. 10; pp. 1000 - 1009
• Main Authors: Bangalore, Sripal, MD, MHA, Fonarow, Gregg C., MD, Peterson, Eric D., MD, MPH, Hellkamp, Anne S., MS, Hernandez, Adrian F., MD, Laskey, Warren, MD, Peacock, W. Frank, MD, Cannon, Christopher P., MD, Schwamm, Lee H., MD, Bhatt, Deepak L., MD, MPH
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2012; Elsevier; Elsevier Sequoia S.A
• Subjects: Adult; Age differences; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Clinical outcomes; Cohort Studies; Coronary heart disease; Female; Gender; Gender differences; General aspects; Guideline Adherence - statistics & numerical data; Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data; Heart; Heart attacks; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Indexing in process; Internal Medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Miscellaneous; Mortality; Multivariate Analysis; Myocardial infarction; Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; Myocardial Infarction - etiology; Myocardial Infarction - mortality; Myocardial Infarction - therapy; Outcome and Process Assessment (Health Care); Practice Guidelines as Topic; Prognosis; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of care; Registries; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; United States; Young; United States; Myocardial infarction; Young; Prognosis; Gender; Human; Sex; Cardiovascular disease; Patient; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial disease; Care; Medicine; ST elevation; Quality; Evolution; Age; Comparative study; Public health

Abstract Background Young patients (aged ≤ 45 years) presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction present unique challenges. The quality of care and in-hospital outcomes may differ from their older counterparts. Methods A total of 31,544 patients presenting with ST-segment elevation my...