Temporal trends in medical therapies for ST- and non-ST elevation myocardial infarction: (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Surveillance Study)

Source: American Journal of Cardiology Area: Evidence > Medicines Management > References Reports from large studies using administrative data sets and event registries have characterised recent temporal trends and treatment patterns for acute myocardial infarction.  However, few were population-based, and fewer examined differences in patterns of treatment for patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). The aim of this study was to examine 22-year trends in the use of 10 medical therapies and procedures by STEMI and NSTEMI classification in 30,986 definite or probable myocardial infarctions in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Community Surveillance Study from 1987 to 2008.  Weighted multivariate Poisson regression, controlling for gender, race and centre classification, age and Predicting Risk of Death in Cardiac Disease Tool score, was used to estimate average annual percentage changes in medical therapy use. From 1987 to 2008, 6,106 hospitalised ...
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