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Figure 2 Link between American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guideline adherence (hospital composite quality quartiles) and in-hospital mortality. Every 10% increase in guideline adherence was associated with a 10% reduction in in-hospital mortality (adapted from Peterson et al. [31]). *Adjusted for age, gender, body mass index, race, insurance status, family history of coronary disease, hypertension, diabetes, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, prior myocardial infarction/percutaneous coronary intervention/coronary bypass surgery/congestive heart failure/stroke, renal insufficiency, blood pressure, heart rate, ST-segment shift, and positive cardiac biomarkers.
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