TY - JOUR
T1 - Epidemiology of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes in the Italian cardiology network
T2 - The BLITZ-2 study
AU - Di Chiara, Antonio
AU - Fresco, Claudio
AU - Savonitto, Stefano
AU - Greco, Cesare
AU - Lucci, Donata
AU - Gonzini, Lucio
AU - Mafrici, Antonio
AU - Ottani, Filippo
AU - Bolognese, Leonardo
AU - De Servi, Stefano
AU - Boccanelli, Alessandro
AU - Maggioni, Aldo P.
AU - Chiarella, Francesco
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Aims: Acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation (NSTEACS) represent an increasingly frequent cause of hospital admission. The BLITZ-2 study was planned to survey the epidemiology and management strategies of NSTEACS in the Italian cardiological network. Methods and results: The study included 1888 patients with NSTEACS in 275 hospitals in 3 weeks. At admission, almost 20% of patients showed clinical signs of heart failure, half showed ST-segment depression, and half showed any positive biochemical myocardial necrosis marker. Patients admitted to hospitals without CathLab (n = 973) were older (P = 0.0005) and with higher Killip class on admission (P <0.0001) when compared with those admitted to hospitals with CathLab (n = 915). During index hospitalization, 76% of the patients initially admitted to hospitals with invasive capability underwent coronary angiography and 39% percutaneous coronary intervention when compared with 39 and 17.2% of those admitted to hospitals without CathLab (P <0.001). Overall, 30-day mortality was 2.4% (2.0% in patients with invasive capability vs. 2.9% in hospitals without CathLab, P = 0.2). Cardiac ischaemic events at 30 days (recurrent MI, recurrent angina, and re-hospitalization for ACS) were significantly higher in the group of patients admitted to hospitals without CathLab (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.24-2.35). However, after multivariable adjustment, only advanced age (OR 1.043, 95% CI 1.021-1.065, P <0.0001) and Killip class >1 (OR 1.633, 95% CI 1.020-2.614, P = 0.04) resulted in independent predictors of death, in-hospital MI, and re-admission for ACS, whereas the absence of an on-site CathLab did not predict an adverse outcome (OR 1.104, 95% CI 0.734-1.660). Conclusion: According to this, the nationwide registry outcome is only marginally influenced by invasive procedures. Contemporary management of patients with NSTEACS in Italy is primarily driven by resource availability.
AB - Aims: Acute coronary syndromes without ST-segment elevation (NSTEACS) represent an increasingly frequent cause of hospital admission. The BLITZ-2 study was planned to survey the epidemiology and management strategies of NSTEACS in the Italian cardiological network. Methods and results: The study included 1888 patients with NSTEACS in 275 hospitals in 3 weeks. At admission, almost 20% of patients showed clinical signs of heart failure, half showed ST-segment depression, and half showed any positive biochemical myocardial necrosis marker. Patients admitted to hospitals without CathLab (n = 973) were older (P = 0.0005) and with higher Killip class on admission (P <0.0001) when compared with those admitted to hospitals with CathLab (n = 915). During index hospitalization, 76% of the patients initially admitted to hospitals with invasive capability underwent coronary angiography and 39% percutaneous coronary intervention when compared with 39 and 17.2% of those admitted to hospitals without CathLab (P <0.001). Overall, 30-day mortality was 2.4% (2.0% in patients with invasive capability vs. 2.9% in hospitals without CathLab, P = 0.2). Cardiac ischaemic events at 30 days (recurrent MI, recurrent angina, and re-hospitalization for ACS) were significantly higher in the group of patients admitted to hospitals without CathLab (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.24-2.35). However, after multivariable adjustment, only advanced age (OR 1.043, 95% CI 1.021-1.065, P <0.0001) and Killip class >1 (OR 1.633, 95% CI 1.020-2.614, P = 0.04) resulted in independent predictors of death, in-hospital MI, and re-admission for ACS, whereas the absence of an on-site CathLab did not predict an adverse outcome (OR 1.104, 95% CI 0.734-1.660). Conclusion: According to this, the nationwide registry outcome is only marginally influenced by invasive procedures. Contemporary management of patients with NSTEACS in Italy is primarily driven by resource availability.
KW - Acute coronary syndromes
KW - Coronary revascularization
KW - Hospital epidemiology
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U2 - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi557
DO - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi557
M3 - Article
C2 - 16219657
AN - SCOPUS:32144446406
VL - 27
SP - 393
EP - 405
JO - European Heart Journal
JF - European Heart Journal
SN - 0195-668X
IS - 4
ER -