Table 3.
Accessibility to primary PCI in patients presenting with STEMI in the MENA
| Study | Publication year, country | Number of STEMI patients | Rate of pPCI% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf RACE [103] | 2008, Gulf Area | 549 | 7% |
| ACCESS Registry [102] | 2011, 28% of patients were from the Middle East | 5411 | 40% |
| SPACE Registry [101] | 2011, Saudi Arabia | 2096 | 17.5% |
| Gulf RACE II [96] | 2014, Gulf region | 3432 | 11% |
| Gulf RACE-3Ps [99] | 2016, Gulf region | 2928 | 46% |
| STARS-1 Program [105] | 2019, Saudi Arabia | 1471 | 42.5% |
| Shaheen et al. [106] | 2020, Egypt | 1356 | 49.1% |
| PEACE MENA Registry [104] | 2021, MENA | 312 | 56.4% |
Gulf RACE Gulf Registry of Acute Coronary Events, PEACE MENA Program for the Evaluation and Management of the Cardiac Events Registry for the MENA region, SPACE Saudi Project for Assessment of Coronary Events, STARS-1 Program Saudi Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Program, STEMI ST-elevation Myocardial Infarction