The Current Management and the Clinical Outcomes of Patients Presented with Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in East Cairo Hospitals, A Multicenter Study

Abstract

Group C: 40 patients (14.2%), STEMI patients who arrived to common hospitals and transferred to PCI-capable hospitals (Ain Shams University Hospitals) The mean age of the current study population was 56.88 ± 12.81 years ranging from 21 to 90 years. In this study Men represented 73% of all patients, 53.4% of all patients were smokers and 52% were diabetic. The median for Patient delay was 6 hours and the median for system delay was 40 minutes. The maximum system delay was found among group C, followed by Group B then the least time delay was found among Group A. It was notable in our study that 247 patients (88%) arrived to the hospital of FMC on their own while only 34 patients (12%) called the emergency system