Hospital Variability in Use of Anticoagulant Strategies During Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With an Early Invasive Strategy
Arnold SV, Li SX, Alexander KP, Spertus JA, Nallamothu BK, Curtis JP, Kosiborod M, Gupta A, Wang TY, Lin H, Dharmarajan K, Strait KM, Lowe TJ, Krumholz HM. Hospital Variability in Use of Anticoagulant Strategies During Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With an Early Invasive Strategy. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2015, 4: e002009. PMID: 26077589, PMCID: PMC4599539, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.115.002009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEarly invasive strategyAnticoagulant strategiesMyocardial infarctionBleeding rateInvasive strategyAcute myocardial infarction patientsOptimal anticoagulant strategyHalf of patientsPercutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarctionMyocardial infarction patientsHospital use patternsComparative effectiveness studiesRisk-standardized mortalityChoice of anticoagulantsMedian odds ratioCoronary interventionPatient factorsSystemic anticoagulationHospital variabilityInfarction patientsPrincipal diagnosisOdds ratioMultivariate regression modelPatterns of use