Dae-Hyun Kim, Seok-Joo Moon, Juneyoung Lee, Jae-Kwan Cha, Moo Hyun Kim, Jong-Sung Park, Byeolnim Ban, Jihoon Kang, Beom Joon Kim, Won-Seok Kim, Chang-Hwan Yoon, Heeyoung Lee, Seongheon Kim, Eun Kyoung Kang, Ae-Young Her, Cindy W Yoon, Joung-Ho Rha, Seong-Ill Woo, Won Kyung Lee, Han-Young Jung, Jang Hoon Lee, Hun Sik Park, Yang-Ha Hwang, Keonyeop Kim, Rock Bum Kim, Nack-Cheon Choi, Jinyong Hwang, Hyun-Woong Park, Ki Soo Park, SangHak Yi, Jae Young Cho, Nam-Ho Kim, Kang-Ho Choi, Juhan Kim, Jae-Young Han, Jay Chol Choi, Song-Yi Kim, Joon-Hyouk Choi, Jei Kim, Min Kyun Sohn, Si Wan Choi, Dong-Ick Shin, Sang Yeub Lee, Jang-Whan Bae, Kun Sei Lee, Hee-Joon Bae
BACKGROUND: There has been no comparison of the determinants of admission route between acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We examined whether factors associated with direct versus transferred-in admission to regional cardiocerebrovascular centers (RCVCs) differed between AIS and AMI. METHODS: Using a nationwide RCVC registry, we identified consecutive patients presenting with AMI and AIS between July 2016 and December 2018. We explored factors associated with direct admission to RCVCs in patients with AIS and AMI and examined whether those associations differed between AIS and AMI, including interaction terms between each factor and disease type in multivariable models...
October 31, 2022: Journal of Korean Medical Science