Increasing Percutaneous Coronary Interventions for ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in the United States

The aim of this study was to quantify changes in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and mortality rates for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), and the proportion of hospitals providing STEMI-related PCI in the United States. Health care systems have recently emphasized rapid access to PCI for STEMI, but the effects of these efforts in a broad population are unknown. We used the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a discharge...