Ronald Manorekang, Alison Eales, James Thomas, Veeran Subramaniam
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Abstract
Background: We provide data on self-presenting patients with a diagnosis of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) from our local hospitals who were transferred to tertiary centres for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI).
Methodology: An audit of self-presenting patients with STEMI who underwent PPCI from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2023. Time variables and post-PPCI results were scrutinised.
Results: A total of 126 patients were reviewed. There was a substantial increase in the number of self-presenting patients from 2020 to 2023 (23, 48 and 55, respectively, each year, p = 0.006). One hundred and one (80%) patients were men and 83 (66%) patients attended during out-of-hours. The median time from patients' registration to having an ECG was 20 min [interquartile range (IQR) 12-38], from ECG to receiving dual anti-platelet was 29 min (IQR 18-52), from a referral made to the regional PPCI centre to when patients left emergency department (ED) was 55 min (IQR 32-79), and total time patients spent in the ED was 126 min (IQR 88-174). One hundred and eleven (88%) patients had PPCI, mostly single vessel and 4 (3%) patients died within 30 days of PPCI.
Conclusion: There is an increasing trend in self-presentation with chest pain diagnosed as STEMI, with suboptimal guideline-directed timely management.
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The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (JRCPE) is the College’s quarterly, peer-reviewed journal, with an international circulation of 8,000. It has three main emphases – clinical medicine, education and medical history. The online JRCPE provides full access to the contents of the print journal and has a number of additional features including advance online publication of recently accepted papers, an online archive, online-only papers, online symposia abstracts, and a series of topic-specific supplements, primarily based on the College’s consensus conferences.