Quality Report Card • Clinical Quality
Heart Attack (Acute Myocardial Infarction)
Heart Attack, also called Acute Myocardial Infarction, is a life-threatening event that can happen when not enough oxygen reaches the heart. When a heart attack occurs, quick use of aspirin and other treatments can reduce damage to the heart and reduce the chance of death.
Key
| Better Than U.S. Average | At or Near U.S. Average | Worse Than U.S. Average | No National Average or Too Few Cases |
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Desired Performance
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Measures
| Aspirin at Arrival | High | 99 % | 99 % | 100 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aspirin Prescribed at Discharge | High | 99 % | 99 % | 99.7 % |
| ACEI or ARB for LVSD | High | 98 % | 97 % | 96 % |
| Beta-Blocker Prescribed at Discharge | High | 99 % | 99 % | 100 % |
| PCI within 90 Minutes of Arrival | High | 95 % | 94 % | 95.3 % |
Last Updated 01/29/2010