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Figure 1 Relationship Between In-Hospital Mortality Across Each Age Group With Increasing Adherence to Recommended Therapies

Guideline-recommended therapies included acute (<24 h) aspirin, acute beta-blockers, acute heparin and cardiac catheterization within 48 h, and receipt of glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors for patients undergoing early catheterization. Patients who were transferred out were excluded from this analysis.