Table 3.
Reperfusion therapy among patients with STEMI
| Secondary hospital (n=2553) |
Tertiary hospital (n=2510) |
P value | |
| Among all patients | |||
| Reperfused | 1569 (61.5) | 1371 (54.6) | <0.001 |
| Fibrinolysis | 1344 (52.6) | 79 (3.1) | <0.001 |
| Primary PCI | 225 (8.8) | 1292 (51.5) | <0.001 |
| STEMI eligible for reperfusion | 1875 (73.4) | 1807 (72.0) | <0.001 |
| Among eligible | |||
| Reperfused | 1538 (82.0) | 1318 (73.0) | <0.001 |
| Fibrinolysis | 1318 (70.3) | 79 (4.4) | <0.001 |
| Primary PCI | 220 (11.7) | 1239 (68.6) | <0.001 |
| Among all STEMI | |||
| Admitted 12–24 hours | 167 (6.5) | 189 (7.5) | 0.17 |
| Reperfused | 31 (18.6) | 52 (27.5) | 0.06 |
| Fibrinolysis | 26 (15.6) | – | – |
| Primary PCI | 5 (3.0) | 52 (27.5) | <0.001 |
| Among primary PCI | 225 | 1292 | |
| Transfer PCI | 20 (8.9) | 434 (33.6) | <0.001 |
| Stent | 203 (90.2) | 1092 (84.5) | 0.03 |
| Among fibrinolysis | 1344 | 79 | |
| Specific thrombolytic agents | 1278 (95.1) | 74 (93.7) | 0.77 |
| Failed fibrinolysis | 231 (17.2) | 20 (25.3) | 0.07 |
| Fibrinolysis +rescue PCI | 13 (5.6) | 2 (10.0) | 0.76 |
| Coronary angiography 2–24 hours post fibrinolysis* | 66 (5.8) | 6 (10.0) | 0.17 |
Data are presented as n (%).
*Data were missing in 16.1% of the records.
PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; STEMI, ST elevation myocardial infarction.