Beta Blockers in Acute MI

(Following Excerpt from The Peer Review Organization of New http://www.umdnj.edu/mednweb/divisions/informatics/emrref/risk/afib.htm Jersey, Inc . for page " Acute Myocardial Infarction ")

According to the American Heart Association, cardiovascular disease is America's biggest killer. Every minute an American dies of coronary heart disease. Each year approximately 1.1 million people experience an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or heart attack. Almost two-thirds of heart attack patients do not make a complete recovery and people who survive the acute phase have a chance of related illness and death that is 2 to 9 times higher than that of the general population. Older Americans bear the brunt of this medical burden. Over 80 percent of all heart attack related deaths occur in individuals age 65 or older.

According to Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) data, heart disease is the leading cause of hospitalization among persons age 65 or older. AMI accounts for approximately 394,850 hospitalizations for Medicare beneficiaries, or about 12 hospitalizations for every 1,000 enrollees. The payments to hospitals for these episodes totaled over $3.6 billion, or about $9,780 per discharge, in 1996.

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For more instant information on this topic please see links below :

General:

• The Peer Review Organization of New Jersey, Inc. for page " Acute Myocardial Infarction "
• National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) for page "The Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS®)

Risk:

• AHA/ACC Scientific Statement: Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk by Use of Multiple-Risk-Factor Assessment Equations. J Am Coll Cardiol 1999;34:1348--59

Acute Myocardial Infarction:

• ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction 1999 UPDATED GUIDELINE

Diagnostics and Therapies:

• ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Angiography . JACC Vol. 33, No. 6, May 1999:1756-1824
  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery . JACC Vol. 34, No. 4, October 1999:1262-347
  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention . JACC VOL. 37, NO. 8, JUNE 2001:2239i-lxvi
• ACC/AHA Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices. JACC Vol. 31, No. 5, April 1998:1175-209
  • ACC/AHA Guidelines for Clinical Intracardiac Electrophysiological and Catheter Ablation Procedures . JACC Vol. 26, 1995: 555-73
• Guidelines for Electrocardiography . JACC Vol. 19, 1992: 473-81
• ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Clinical Application of Echocardiography. Circulation Vol. 95, No. 6, March 18, 1997: 1686-1744
• Guidelines for Clinical Use of Cardiac Radionuclide Imaging. JACC Vol. 25, 1995: 521-47

Congestive Heart Failure:

• Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure . JACC Vol. 26, 1995: 1376-98