Table 3.
Procedures and hospital treatment in patients with acute myocardial infarction by age group and symptom presentation
| <65years n=54 488 | ≥65years n=114 493 | |||
| Without chest pain n=4157 |
With chest pain n=54 331 | Without chest pain n=17 834 | With chest pain n=96 659 | |
| Angiography, n (%) | 2279 (54.8) | 34 670 (63.8) | 4815 (27.0) | 42 844 (44.3) |
| Thrombolysis, n (%) | 275 (6.6) | 11 042 (20.3) | 633 (3.6) | 16 767 (17.4) |
| Cardiac intervention (CABG/PCI), n (%) | 1404 (33.8) | 29 481 (54.3) | 2836 (15.9) | 33 979 (35.2) |
| CPR, n (%) | 297 (7.1) | 1478 (2.7) | 1152 (6.5) | 4110 (4.3) |
| Inotropic agents, n (%) | 329 (7.9) | 1259 (2.3) | 1284 (7.2) | 4042 (4.2) |
| LMWH, n (%) | 2892 (69.6) | 37 097 (68.3) | 10 941 (61.4) | 61 679 (63.8) |
| Aspirin/antiplatelets, n (%) | 3520 (84.7) | 51 080 (94) | 13 492 (75.7) | 83 515 (86.4) |
| β-blocker*, n (%) | 3525 (84.8) | 49 865 (91.8) | 13 389 (75.1) | 82 165 (85) |
| ACE inhibitor/ARB, % (n) | 2610 (62.8) | 28 580 (52.6) | 10 061 (56.4) | 53 293 (55.1) |
| Statins, n (%) | 2922 (70.3) | 43 151 (79.4) | 8659 (48.6) | 59 108 (61.2) |
| Calcium blocker, n (%) | 510 (12.3) | 5271 (9.7) | 2296 (12.9) | 14 419 (14.9) |
| Diuretics*, n (%) | 2127 (51.2) | 11 334 (20.9) | 12 843 (72) | 47 589 (49.2) |
*Oral and/or intravenously.
AMI, acute myocardial infarction; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; LMWH, low molecular weight heparin; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.