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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 18.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Feb 7;59(6):630–631. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.10.882

Table 1.

Initial Evaluation, Times to Intervention, In-Hospital Treatment, and Discharge Care

Hispanics
(n = 1,654)
Non-Hispanic Whites
(n = 38,844)
p Value
Initial evaluation and times to intervention
 Symptom onset to hospital arrival, h 2.0 (1.0–4.5) 1.6 (0.97–3.42) <0.0001
 Ambulance use 41.5% 47.0% <0.0001
 Pre-hospital ECG 32.8% 37.5% <0.0001
 Arrival to ECG, min 8 (4–15) 6 (3–12) <0.0001
 Arrival to ECG <10 min 61.2% 69.3% <0.0001
 Door to balloon, min 74 (55–94) 69 (53–87) <0.0001
 Door to balloon <90 min 69.4% 77.5% <0.0001

In-hospital treatment during first 24 h
 Diagnostic catheterization 89.1% 88.7%   0.44
 Reperfusion therapy 91.5% 93.1%   0.041
 Primary PCI 81.6% 80.3%   0.17
 Drug-eluting stent 47.9% 49.2%   0.47

Discharge care
 Smoking cessation counseling 96.2% 96.7%   0.44
 Diet counseling 95.2% 94.3%   0.16
 Exercise counseling 84.6% 88.1% <0.0001
 Cardiac rehabilitation referral 68.9% 82.1% <0.0001

Values are mean (range) or %.

ECG = electrocardiogram; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.