Long-term outcome in acute myocardial infarction patients admitted to hospitals with and without on-site cardiac catheterization facilities

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1770-1775

  Every, Nathan R ^a,e   Parsons, Lori S ^c   Fihn, Stephan D ^a   Larson, Eric B ^b   Maynard, Charles ^c   Hallstrom, Alfred P ^c   Martin, Jenny S ^c   Weaver, W Douglas ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Henry Ford Health Systems   (United States)

^e MITI Coordinating Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheterization; Cost benefit analysis; Mortality; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0030880961     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.6.1770     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Wright SM, Daley J, Peterson EO, Thibault GE. Outcomes of acute myocardial infarction in the Department of Veterans Affairs: does regionalization of health care work? Med Care. 1997;35:128-141.
2. Selby JV, Fireman BH, Lundstrom RJ, Swain BE, Truman AP, Wong CC, Froelicher EK, Barron HV, Hlatky MA. Variation among hospitals in coronary angiography practices and outcomes after myocardial infarction in a large health maintenance organization. N Engl J Med. 1996;335:1888-1896.
3. Every NR, Larson EB, Litwin PE, Maynard C, Fihn SD, Eisenberg MS, Hallstrom AP, Martin JS, Weaver WD, for the Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention Project Investigators. The association between on-site cardiac catheterization facilities and the use of coronary angiography after acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 1993;329:546-551.
4. Blustein J. High-technology cardiac procedures: the impact of service availability on service use in New York State. JAMA. 1993; 270:344-349.
5. Pilote L, Califf RM, Sapp S, Miller DP, Mark DB, Weaver WD, Gore JM, Armstrong PW, Ohman EM, Topol EJ, for the GUSTO-1 Investigators. Regional variation across the United States in the management of acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 1995;333:565-572.
6. Davis KB, Chaitman B, Ryan T, Bittner V, Kennedy JW. Comparison of 15-year survival after initial medical or surgical treatment for coronary artery disease: a CASS registry study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1995;25:1000-1009.
7. Yusuf S, Peduzzi P, Fisher LD, Takaro T, Kennedy JW, Davis K, Killip T, Passamani E, Norris R, Morris C, Mathur V, Varnauskas E, Chalmers TC. Effect of coronary artery bypass graft surgery on survival: overview of 10-year results from randomized trials by the coronary artery bypass graft surgery trialists collaboration. Lancet. 1994;344:563-570.
8. Varnausksas E, European Surgery Study Group. Twelve year follow-up of survival in the randomized European Coronary Surgery Study. N Engl J Med. 1988;319:332-337.
9. Weaver WD, Eisenberg MS, Martin JS, Litwin PE, Shaeffer SM, Ho MT, Kudenchuk P, Hallstrom AP, Cerqueira MD, Copass MK, Kennedy JW, Cobb LA, Ritchie JL. Myocardial Infarction Triage and Intervention Project - phase I: patient characteristics and feasibility of pre-hospital initiation of thrombolytic therapy. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1990;15:925-931.
10. Grines CL, Browne KF, Marco J, Rothbaum D, Stone GW, O'Keefe J, Overlie P, Donahue B, Chelliah N, Timmis GC, Vlietstra RE, Strzelecki M, Puchrowicz-Ochocki S, O'Neill WW. A comparison of immediate angioplasty with thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: the Primary Angioplasty in Myocardial Infarction Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1993;328:673-679.
11. The TIMI Study Group. Comparison of invasive and conservative strategies after treatment with intravenous tissue plasminogen activator in acute myocardial infarction: results of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) phase II trial. N Engl J Med. 1989;320:618-627.
12. The SWIFT Trial Study Group. SWIFT Trial of delayed elective intervention vs conservative treatment after thrombolysis with anistreplase in acute myocardial infarction. BMJ. 1991;302:555-560.
13. Mark DB, Naylor CD, Hlatky MA, Califf RM, Topol EJ, Granger CB, Knight JD, Nelson CL, Lee KL, Clapp-Channing NE, Sutherland W, Pilote L, Armstrong PW. Use of medical resources and quality of life after acute myocardial infarction in Canada and the United States. N Engl J Med. 1994;331:1130-1135.
14. Anderson HV, Cannon CP, Stone PH, Williams DO, McCabe CH, Knatterud GL, Thompson B, Willerson JT, Braunwald E. One-year results of the Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) IIIB clinical trial: a randomized comparison of tissue-type plasminogen activator versus placebo and early invasive versus early conservative strategies in unstable angina and non-Q wave myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1995;26:1643-1650.
15. Guadagnoli E, Hauptman PJ, Ayanian JZ, Pashos CL, McNeil BJ, Cleary PD. Variation in the use of cardiac procedures after acute myocardial infarction. N Engl J Med. 1995;333:573-578.
16. McClellan M, McNeil BJ, Newhouse JP. Does more intensive treatment of acute myocardial infarction in the elderly reduce mortality? Analysis using instrumental variables. JAMA. 1994;272: 859-866.
17. Rouleau JL, Moyé LA, Pfeffer MA, Arnold JMO, Bernstein V, Cuddy TE, Dagenais GR, Geltman EM, Goldman S, Gordon D, Hamm P, Klein M, Lamas GA, McCans J, McEwan P, Menapace FJ, Parker JO, Sestier F, Sussex B, Braunwald E, for the SAVE Investigators. A comparison of management patterns after acute myocardial infarction in Canada and the United States. N Engl J Med. 1993;328:779-784.
18. Pilote L, Granger C, Armstrong PW, Mark DB, Hlatky MA. Differences in the treatment of myocardial infarction between the United States and Canada: a survey of physicians in the GUSTO Trial. Med Care. 1995;33:598-610.