Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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Bernd Mark

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• Research Article
  Characteristics, Treatment and In-hospital Outcomes of Unselected Patients with Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Daily Clinical Practice at An Interventional Centre over a Period of Ten Years: Results from the MIRLU-Registry
  Author(s): Spyridon Liosis, Steffen Schneider, Nicolas Werner, Sandra Tielke, Anselm Kai Gitt, Bernd Mark, Ralph Winkler, Caroline Kilkowski, Thomas Kleemann, Uwe Zeymer, Timm Bauer, Rudolf Schiele and Ralf Zahn Spyridon Liosis, Steffen Schneider, Nicolas Werner, Sandra Tielke, Anselm Kai Gitt, Bernd Mark, Ralph Winkler, Caroline Kilkowski, Thomas Kleemann, Uwe Zeymer, Timm Bauer, Rudolf Schiele and Ralf Zahn
  
  Background: Since the definition of Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction (NSTEMI) in 2000, its in-hospital management is rapidly developing. There is only a few available data, though, to describe the long-term changes in clinical characteristics, treatment patterns and outcomes in “real world” unselected patients and provide a feedback regarding guideline implementation. Methods and results: We conducted a retrospective data collection of all consecutive patients admitted to our clinic with an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between 2000 and 2009 (Myocardial Infarction Registry Ludwigshafen- MIRLU). From the overall 6119 patients included, 2976 were diagnosed with NSTEMI (48.6%). The median age was 67.9 ± 11.9 years and 68.5% were men. 93.4% underwent coronary angiography, 60.6% of them received percutaneous coronary int.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-9880.1000614

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