1. The first survey of the Saudi Acute Myocardial Infarction Registry Program: Main results and long-term outcomes (STARS-1 Program).
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Alhabib KF, Kinsara AJ, Alghamdi S, Al-Murayeh M, Hussein GA, AlSaif S, Khalaf H, Alfaleh H, Hersi A, Kashour T, Al-Saleh A, Ali M, Ullah A, Mhish H, Abdo AN, Almutairi F, Arafah MR, AlKutshan R, Aldosari M, AlSabatien BY, Alrazzaz M, Maria AM, Aref AH, Selim MM, Morsy AM, AlTohari FA, Alrifai AA, Awaad AA, El-Sayed H, Mansour S, Atwa AA, Abdelkader S, Altamimi N, Saleh E, Alhaidari W, ElShihawy EHA, Busaleh AH, Abdalmoutaleb M, Fawzy EM, Mokhtar Z, Saleh AM, Ahmad MA, Almasswary A, Alshehri M, Abohatab KM, AlGarni T, Butt M, Altaj I, Abdullah F, Alhosni Y, Osman HB, Bugti N, Aziz AA, Alarabi A, and AlHarbi IA
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- Adult, Aged, Disease Management, Emergency Medical Services, Female, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Myocardial Infarction mortality, Prospective Studies, Saudi Arabia epidemiology, Sex Characteristics, Acute Coronary Syndrome epidemiology, Emergency Treatment statistics & numerical data, Myocardial Infarction epidemiology, Myocardial Infarction therapy
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Background: Prior acute coronary syndrome (ACS) registries in Saudi Arabia might not have accurately described the true demographics and cardiac care of patients with ACS. We aimed to evaluate the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of a representative sample of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Saudi Arabia., Methods: We conducted a 1-month snap-shot, prospective, multi-center registry study in 50 hospitals from various health care sectors in Saudi Arabia. We followed patients for 1 month and 1 year after hospital discharge. Patients with AMI included those with or without ST-segment elevation (STEMI or NSTEMI, respectively). This program survey will be repeated every 5 years., Results: Between May 2015 and January 2017, we enrolled 2233 patients with ACS (mean age was 56 [standard deviation = 13] years; 55.6% were Saudi citizens, 85.7% were men, and 65.9% had STEMI). Coronary artery disease risk factors were high; 52.7% had diabetes mellitus and 51.2% had hypertension. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was utilized in only 5.2% of cases. Revascularization for patients with STEMI included thrombolytic therapy (29%), primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI); (42.5%), neither (29%), or a pharmaco-invasive approach (3%). Non-Saudis with STEMI were less likely to undergo primary PCI compared to Saudis (35.8% vs. 48.7%; respectively, p <0.001), and women were less likely than men to achieve a door-to-balloon time of <90 min (42% vs. 65%; respectively, p = 0.003). Around half of the patients with NSTEMI did not undergo a coronary angiogram. All-cause mortality rates were 4%, 5.8%, and 8.1%, in-hospital, at 1 month, and at 1 year, respectively. These rates were significantly higher in women than in men., Conclusions: There is an urgent need for primary prevention programs, improving the EMS infrastructure and utilization, and establishing organized ACS network programs. AMI care needs further improvement, particularly for women and non-Saudis., Competing Interests: Astra Zeneca and Algorithm pharmaceutical companies are the commercial funders of the (STARS-1 Program). This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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- 2019
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