Impact of the creation of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit on the mortality due to acute myocardial infarction in Las Tunas

Authors

  • Maikel Santos Medina
  • Santiago Batista Bofill
  • Abel Roberto Rabert Fernández

Keywords:

MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION/mortality, CORONARY CARE UNITS

Abstract

A descriptive and transversal study was carried out at the Coronary Intensive Care Unit of
“Dr. Ernesto Guevara” General Teaching Hospital, from 2003 to 2012. The study was aimed
at determining the impact of the creation of CCU in the mortality due to acute myocardial
infarction in this hospital. The universe was made up by all the patients admitted in the said
unit and the sample included the patients that were discharged with a diagnosis of Acute
Myocardial Infarction (AMI). The AMI mortality rate was calculated per year. The study
showed a tendency towards the reduction of the mortality due to infarction since the
foundation of the CCU in the cardiology service, as well as in the whole hospital. This fact had
a positive impact in the reduction at a provincial level.

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Author Biographies

Maikel Santos Medina

Especialista de I Grado en Medicina General Integral y Cardiología. Máster en Urgencias Médicas. Profesor instructor. Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”. Las Tunas.

Santiago Batista Bofill

Especialista de II Grado en Cardiología. Profesor instructor. Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”. Las Tunas.

Abel Roberto Rabert Fernández

Especialista de II Grado en Cardiología. Profesor asistente. Hospital General Docente “Dr. Ernesto Guevara de la Serna”. Las Tunas.

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Published

2015-11-10

How to Cite

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Santos Medina M, Batista Bofill S, Rabert Fernández AR. Impact of the creation of the Coronary Intensive Care Unit on the mortality due to acute myocardial infarction in Las Tunas. Rev. electron. Zoilo [Internet]. 2015 Nov. 10 [cited 2025 Oct. 15];38(10). Available from: https://revzoilomarinello.sld.cu/index.php/zmv/article/view/445

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 10 (2013): October

Section

Original articles

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