Predictors of Non-Fulfillment of Reperfusion Therapy in Patients With ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome

At present reperfusion therapy in ST-elevation (STE) acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is carried out in majority of countries not more than in 70% of cases. We analyzed predictors of non-fulfillment of reperfusion therapy in patients with STEACS included into ACS registry conducted in the Kemerovo cardiological dispensary. Reperfusion therapy was not carried out in 154 patients with STEACS (36.2%). Main predictors of non-fulfillment of reperfusion were age older than 75 years (odds ratio [OR] 47.97, 95% confidence interval [CI] 19.47-118.21), admission later than in 12 hours after onset of disease (OR 4.29, 95%CI 1.52-12.13), history of myocardial infarction (OR 2.68, 95%CI 1.11-6.48). Thus there are factors including subjective ones which preclude full-fledged use of contemporary recommendations on the management of patients with STEACS