In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction According to Population Density and Primary Angioplasty Procedures Volume
In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction According to Population Density and Primary Angioplasty Procedures Volume
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DOI:
10.1253/circj.cj-19-0869
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发表时间:
2020-07-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Kimura, Kazuo
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作者:
Matsuzawa, Yasushi;Konishi, Masaaki;Kimura, Kazuo
Background: Low population density may be associated with high mortality in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of population density and hospital primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) volume on AMI in-hospital mortality in Japan.Methods and Results: This is a retrospective study of 64,414 AMI patients transported to hospital by ambulances. The main outcome measure was in-hospital mortality. The median population density was 1,147 (interquartile range, 342-5,210) persons/km(2). There was a significant negative relationship between population density and in-hospital mortality (OR for a quartile down in population density 1.086, 95% CI 1.042-1.132, P