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ArticleThe open cardiovascular medicine journal2011

Trends in the Use of Evidence-based Therapies Early in the Course of Acute Myocardial Infarction and its Influence on Short Term Patient Outcomes.

Mohammad Al-Jarallah, Mouaz H Al-Mallah, Mohammad Zubaid, Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali, Wafa Rashed, Mustafa Ridha, Fahad Alenizi, Bassam Bulbanat, Mousa Akbar, Rashed Al-Hamdan and 1 more

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Article in The open cardiovascular medicine journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Coronary artery disease in Africa and the Middle East.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 10 institutions in 4 countries.

Mohammad Al-JarallahDivision of Cardiology, Al-Amiri Hospital, Kuwait.
Mouaz H Al-Mallah
Mohammad Zubaid
Alawi A Alsheikh-Ali
Wafa Rashed
Mustafa Ridha
Fahad Alenizi
Bassam Bulbanat
Mousa Akbar
Rashed Al-Hamdan
Shahid Zubair
Amiri Hospital · KWAdan Hospital · KWAl-Sabah Hospital · KWFarwaniya Hospital · KWJahra Hospital · KWKing Abdul Aziz University Hospital · SAKuwait Petroleum Corporation (Kuwait) · KWKuwait University · KWMubarak Al Kabeer Hospital · KWShaikh Khalifa Medical City · AE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo evaluate changes in management practices and its influence on short term hospital outcomes in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) admitted during two different time periods, 2007 and 2004. METHODS AND

resultsWe studied AMI patients from two acute coronary syndrome registries carried out in Kuwait in 2007 and 2004. We included 1872 and 1197 patients from the 2007 and 2004 registries, respectively. When compared with 2004, patients from the 2007 registry had similar baseline clinical characteristics. In 2007 compared to 2004, during the in-hospital period, patients with AMI received significantly more statins (94% vs. 73%%, p<0.0001), Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARB) (70% vs. 47%, p<0.001), and Clopidogrel (38% vs. 4%, p<0.001), while beta-blockers use dropped in 2007 compared to 2004 (63% vs. 68%, p=0.0066). The rates of in-hospital mortality and recurrent ischemia were significantly lower in the 2007 cohort compared with the 2004 cohort (for mortality 2.2% vs. 3.9%, P=0.0008, for recurrent ischemia 13.7% vs. 20.4%, P=0<0.0001).Higher utilization of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, angiotensin receptor blockers and statins were the main contributors to the improved in-hospital mortality and morbidity. IN

conclusionIn the acute management of AMI, there was a significant increase in the use of statins, ACE inhibitors and Clopidogrel in 2007 compared to 2004. This was associated with a significant decrease in the in-hospital mortality and recurrent ischemia. Adherence to guidelines recommended therapies improved in-hospital outcomes.

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Acute Coronary SyndromeEvidence based therapies.Outcomes

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PMCPMC3162191
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