Variable | Delay time population N=454 | Readmission population N=216 | Total SEPHIA-population N=18 015 |
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Age (years) median | 65.0 | 64.0 | 65.0 |
(Q1–Q3) | (59.0–70.0) | (59.0–70.0) | (59.0–70.0) |
Women | 98 (21.6) | 42 (19.4) | 4761 (26.4) |
Ambulance to cardiology department/PCI unit | 79 (17.4) | 38 (17.6) | 4282 (23.8) |
Ambulance to the emergency department | 214 (47.1) | 103 (47.7) | 5838 (32.4) |
Prehospital ECG | 200 (44.1) | 96 (44.4) | 6302 (35.0) |
Delay time | 153.0 | 144.0 | 188.0 |
Median, min (Q1–Q3) | (90.0–420.0) | (90.0–400.0) | (91.5–555.0) |
Missing | 29 (6.4) | 7 (3.2) | 1163 (6.5) |
Diabetes mellitus | 172 (37.9) | 68 (31.5) | 3459 (19.2) |
History of heart failure | 70 (15.4) | 28 (13.0) | 500 (2.8) |
Hypertension | 238 (52.4) | 114 (52.8) | 7267 (40.3) |
Prior PCI | 354 (78.0) | 177 (81.9) | 1784 (9.9) |
Prior CABG | 101 (22.2) | 40 (18.5) | 1085 (6.0) |
Type of AMI | |||
NSTEMI | 355 (78.2) | 165 (76.4) | 11 338 (62.9) |
STEMI | 96 (21.1) | 50 (23.1) | 6617 (36.7) |
Reperfusion treatment | |||
Acute CABG | 0 | 0 | 31 (0.2) |
Acute coronary angiography without intervention | 16 (3.5) | 9 (4.2) | 438 (2.4) |
Primary PCI | 91 (20.0) | 45 (20.8) | 5958 (33.1) |
Thrombolysis | 6 (1.3) | 3 (1.4) | 821 (4.6) |
Pulmonary rales | |||
Basal rales | 40 (8.8) | 17 (7.9) | 729 (4.0) |
Rales more than half lungs | 4 (0.9) | 2 (0.9) | 87 (0.5) |
Pulmonary oedema | 5 (1.1) | 2 (0.9) | 128 (0.7) |
Missing | 39 (8.6) | 23 (10.6) | 1367 (7.6) |
Left ventricular function | |||
Normal (EF ≥50%) | 172 (37.9) | 80 (37.0) | 8666 (48.1) |
Slightly decreased (EF 40–49%) | 63 (13.9) | 31 (14.4) | 3252 (18.1) |
Moderately decreased (EF 30–39%) | 41 (9.0) | 26 (12.0) | 1889 (10.5) |
Severely decreased (EF <30%) | 20 (4.4) | 7 (3.2) | 559 (3.1) |
Missing | 156 (34.4) | 71 (32.9) | 3478 (19.3) |
Number of medications at discharge* | |||
0 | 6 (1.3) | 0 | 16 (0.1) |
≤3 | 32 (7) | 9 (4.1) | 1750 (9.7) |
4–5 | 318 (70) | 157 (72.7) | 15 155 (84.1) |
≥6 | 90 (19.8) | 49 (22.7) | 974 (5.4) |
Median (Q1–Q3) or n (%).
*Type of medications: aspirin, other antiplatelet agents, β-blockers, ACE inhibitors/A2 blockers, statins, other lipid lowering agents, nitrates.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; EF, ejection fraction; NSTEMI, non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction.