Ischaemic symptoms, quality of care and mortality during myocardial infarction
Schelbert EB, Rumsfeld JS, Krumholz HM, Canto JG, Magid DJ, Masoudi FA, Reid KJ, Spertus JA. Ischaemic symptoms, quality of care and mortality during myocardial infarction. Heart 2007, 94: e2. PMID: 17639097, PMCID: PMC3703470, DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.111674.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic symptomsMyocardial infarctionQuality of careST-elevation myocardial infarctionACE/ARBNon-cardiac comorbiditiesPositive cardiac enzymesEvidence of infarctionHospital mortalityCessation counsellingHospital survivalReperfusion therapyCardiac enzymesConsecutive patientsMI careMI symptomsCare indicatorsPatient reportsSymptom recognitionChart documentationPatientsUS hospitalsSymptomsInfarctionCare