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Mortality and Treatment Patterns Among Patients Hospitalized With Acute Cardiovascular Conditions During Dates of National Cardiology Meetings

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: JAMA Internal Medicine

Source URL: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2038979

Author(s)

Anupam B. Jena; Vinay Prasad; Dana P. Goldman; John Romley

This retrospective analysis of patients admitted emergently for acute MI, heart failure, or cardiac arrest examined 30-day mortality for admissions during periods when cardiologists were attending national meetings vs admissions immediately surrounding the meeting dates. Mortality for each condition was lower during meeting dates than during non-meeting dates. High risk pts admitted for AMI during meeting dates had a lower incidence of PCI without any change in mortality.