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Table 2 Medical therapy and procedures used in the two periods

From: In-hospital prognosis and long-term mortality of STEMI in a reperfusion network. “Head to head” analisys: invasive reperfusion vs optimal medical therapy

Drugs

Pre-network

N = 670

Post-network

N = 598

P value

Aspirin

96.6%

99.3%

0.001

Clopidogrel

54.3%

79.9%

<0.001

Ticagrelor

----

27.9%

----

Prasugrel

----

3.3%

----

GP IIb/IIIa Inhibitors

16.1%

13.1%

0.252

Heparin

82.1%

93.9%

<0.001

Betablockers

69.3%

81.2%

<0.001

Statins

89.7%

98.0%

<0.001

ACE inhibitors

70.1%

77.8%

0.003

Nitroglicerin

40.6%

37.2%

0.241

Eplerenone

-----

17.9%

-----

Mecanichal ventilation

8.5%

8.0%

0.870

Echocardiogram

40.3%

56.0%

<0.001

Coronary angiography

55.2%

99.5%

<0.001

IABP

4.8%

4.1%

0.680

Swan-Ganz cathether

7.8%

5.1%

0.080

Reperfusion

64.4%

89.2%

<0.001

 PPCI

43.9%

99.0%

<0.001

 Thrombolysis

56.1%

1.0%

<0.001

  1. ACE angiotensin converting enzyme, IABP intra-aortic balloon pump, PPCI primary percutaneous coronary intervention