Amit Saha, Shuang Li, James A de Lemos, Ambarish Pandey, Deepak L Bhatt, Gregg C Fonarow, Brahmajee K Nallamothu, Tracy Y Mhs WangMSc, Ann Marie Navar, Eric Peterson, Roland A Matsouaka, Anthony A Bavry, Sandeep R Das, Justin L Grodin, Rohan Khera, Mark H Drazner, Dharam J Kumbhani
Cardiogenic shock after acute myocardial infarction (AMI-CS) carries significant mortality despite advances in revascularization and mechanical circulatory support. We sought to identify process-based and structural characteristics of centers with lower mortality in AMI-CS. We analyzed 16,337 AMI-CS cases across 440 centers enrolled in the Chest Pain-MI Registry, a retrospective cohort database, between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018. Centers were stratified across tertiles of risk-adjusted in-hospital mortality rate (RAMR) for comparison...
April 5, 2024: American Journal of Cardiology