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Baseline characteristics, management practices, and long-term outcomes of Middle Eastern patients in the Second Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events (Gulf RACE-2)
- Source :
- Annals of Saudi Medicine, Vol 32, Iss 1, Pp 9-18 (2012)
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, 2012.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Limited data are available on patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and their long-term outcomes in the Arabian Gulf countries. We evaluated the clinical features, management, in-hospital, and long-term outcomes in such a population. DESIGN AND SETTING: A 9-month prospective, multicenter study conducted in 65 hospitals from 6 countries that also included 30 day and 1-year mortality follow-up. PATIENTS AND METHODS: ACS patients included those with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non–ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS), including non-STEMI and unstable angina. The registry collected the data prospectively. RESULTS: Between October 2008 and June 2009, 7930 patients were enrolled. The mean age [standard deviation (SD)], 56 (17) years; 78.8% men; 71.2% Gulf citizens; 50.1% with central obesity; and 45.6% with STEMI. A history of diabetes mellitus was present in 39.5%, hypertension in 47.2%, and hyperlipidemia in 32.7%, and 35.7% were current smokers. The median time from symptom onset to hospital arrival for STEMI patients was 178 minutes (interquartile range, 210 minutes); 22.3% had primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and 65.7% thrombolytic therapy, with 34% receiving therapy within 30 minutes of arrival. Evidence-based medication rates upon hospital discharge were 68% to 95%. The in-hospital PCI was done in 21% and the coronary artery bypass graft surgery in 2.9%. The in-hospital mortality was 4.6%, at 30 days the mortality was 7.2%, and at 1 year after hospital discharge the mortality was 9.4%; 1-year mortality was higher in STEMI (11.5%) than in NSTEACS patients (7.7%; P
- Subjects :
- Medicine
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02564947 and 09754466
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Annals of Saudi Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.24b22209b3249b6abb2185b6fd8a1a3
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5144/0256-4947.2012.9