Heart attack

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Heart attack, also called acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), is a life-threatening event caused by insufficient oxygen reaching 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. The indicators in this section examine the initial care of heart attack patients and whether patients leave the hospital with medications known to be helpful after a heart attack.

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  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Heart attack (AMI) treatment - percent of AMI patients
meeting all 8 applicable indicators high 92 90 92      
given aspirin at arrival high 99 97 91   92 94
given beta blocker at arrival high 88 90 95   84 89
given fibrinolytics w/in 30 min high # # #   38 40
with PCI procedure treated w/in 90 minutes high 86 #     64 67
with LVSD given ACEI or ARB high 100Quality Ribbon 80 #   85 88
who smoke given smoking counseling high 100Quality Ribbon 100Quality Ribbon #   93 92
given aspirin at discharge high 100 100Quality Ribbon 95   87 91
given beta blocker at discharge high 100 99 100Quality Ribbon   89 92
 Desired PerformanceNorton Audubon Norton HospitalNorton SuburbanKosair Children's KentuckyU.S.
Heart attack (AMI) mortality - percent of AMI patients
who die (AHRQ risk-adjusted) low 7.0 4.8 5.2      
who are not transferred who die (AHRQ risk-adj) low 7.9 5.2 5.7      
who die of any cause w/in 30 days low 13.9 13.9 13.9   15.9 16.1

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