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Decade-Long Trends In The Characteristics, Management And Hospital Outcomes Of Diabetic Patients With St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Mayra Tisminetzky, Samuel Joffe, David Mcmanus, Chad Darling, Joel Gore, Jorge Yarzebski, Darleen Lessard, Robert Goldberg
Decade-Long Trends In The Characteristics, Management And Hospital Outcomes Of Diabetic Patients With St-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Mayra Tisminetzky, Samuel Joffe, David Mcmanus, Chad Darling, Joel Gore, Jorge Yarzebski, Darleen Lessard, Robert Goldberg
Jorge L. Yarzebski
PURPOSE: Our objectives were to describe recent trends in the characteristics and in-hospital outcomes in diabetic as compared with non-diabetic patients hospitalized with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
METHODS: We reviewed the medical records of 2537 persons with (n = 684) and without (n = 1853) a history of diabetes who were hospitalized for STEMI between 1997 and 2009 at 11 medical centres in Central Massachusetts.
RESULTS: Diabetic patients were more likely to be older, female and to have a higher prevalence of previously diagnosed comorbidities. Diabetic patients were more likely to have developed important in-hospital complications and to have …