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Six-month outcome in unstable angina patients without previous myocardial infarction according to the use of tertiary cardiologic resources

Josep Lupón, MD^a, Vicente Valle, MD^a, Jaume Marrugat, MD^*, Roberto Elosua, MD^*, Lluis Serés, MD^a, Marco Pavesi, PhD^*, Román Freixa, MD^a, Ginés Sanz, MD, Rafel Masiá, MD, Lluis Molina, MD^¶, Joan Sala, MD, Jordi Serra, MD^a for the R.E.S.C.A.T.E. Investigators

^a Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
^* Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal d’Investigació Mèdica, Barcelona, Spain
Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Dr. Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain
^¶ Department of Cardiology, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

View larger version (10K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Six-month mortality/readmission curves by hospital type (solid line, tertiary hospital, p = 0.07; dotted line, nontertiary).

View larger version (12K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Six-month coronary angiography and revascularization (percutaneous transluminal angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting) use rates in first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina (UA) patients in tertiary and nontertiary hospitals (open bar, UA patients; solid bar, AMI patients; *p < 0.0001; based on reference 5 and present results).