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. 2012 Aug;23(7):365–370. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2012-017

Table 2. Selected In-Hospital Interventions And Drug Treatments: South African Cohort According To Discharge Diagnosis And Overall, And Complete Access Study Overall.

South Africa ACCESS
In-hospital interventions and drug treatments NSTE-ACS (n = 362) STEMI (n = 253) All (n = 615) All (n = 11731)
Thrombolytics 20 (5.5) 91 (36) 111 (18) 2127 (18.1)
Angiography 344 (95) 228 (90.1) 572 (93) 6787 (57.8)
PCI 179 (49.4) 151 (59.7) 330 (53.7) 4141 (35.2)
CABG 70 (19.3) 20 (7.9) 90 (14.6) 668 (5.6)
Stent (% of PCI) 172 (96.1) 139 (92.1) 311 (94.2) 3900 (33.2)
Drug-eluting stent (% of total stent usage) 108 (62.8) 72 (51.8) 180 (57.9) 1713 (43.9)
Aspirin 331 (91.4) 247 (97.6) 578 (94) 10920 (93)
Unfractionated heparin 131 (36.2) 113 (44.7) 244 (39.7) 4636 (39.5)
LMWH 264 (72.9) 188 (74.3) 452 (73.5) (7144) (60.8)

PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention; CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; LMWH: low-molecular weight heparin. Unless otherwise indicated, results are reported as number (percent); ACCESS includes South Africa.