Heart Attack

Study results from Mayo Clinic broaden understanding of heart attack

Published in Hospital Business Week, January 13th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "Objectives This study sought to assess long-term outcome and determine its predictors among 30-day survivors of cardiogenic shock. Background Patients with cardiogenic shock have high in-hospital and 30-day mortality, but there are little data about those who survive beyond 30 days."

"Methods We analyzed baseline, in-hospital, and survival data from patients in the U.S. with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEM[) and cardiogenic shock enrolled in the GUSTO (Global Utilization of Streptokinase and Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator for Occluded Coronary Arteries)-l trial and compared them with patients in...

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Source: Hospital Business Week (2008-01-13)

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