title: Comparison of in-hospital outcomes after coronary angioplasty with or without stent placement for acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: This study compared the in-hospital outcomes of patients treated with or without stent placement during mechanical revascularization for acute myocardial infarction. After correction for differences in baseline characteristics, patients treated with stent placement had lower in-hospital mortality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, (Cardiovascular Medicine), Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York 10461, USA.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Vakili
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy*; D009518:New York; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D016896:Treatment Outcome