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Table 3 Treatments, transfer status, in-hospital events, and mortality

From: The use of percutaneous coronary intervention in black and white veterans with acute myocardial infarction

Variable

Black (n = 680)

White (n = 3529)

P-value

Cardiac catheterization ≤ 30 days from admission

59%

57%

0.52

Percutaneous coronary intervention ≤ 12 hours from admission

8%

8%

0.80

Percutaneous coronary intervention ≤ 30 days from admission

32%

40%

<0.0001

Drug eluting stent

7%

10%

0.024

Transfer to another hospital for percutaneous coronary intervention

8%

15%

<0.0001

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery ≤ 30 days from admission

5%

8%

0.001

  1. AMI Acute myocardial infarction