Hospital mortality trend analysis of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction in the Belgrade area coronary care units

Abstract

Clinical characteristics significantly influence mortality in STEMI; a significantly higher mortality is among women, patients in their 80's and 90's, anterior MI localization and prior coronary disease. RT significantly lowers mortality in STEMI compared to the use of classical therapeutic approach and therefore STEMI patients with a higher mortality determined by their prehospital charactheristics, i.e. higher risk, are those who have higher benefit of RT, which should be taken into consideration when making decision about the therapy of choice.