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. 2019 Jan;12(1):e007270.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.118.007270.

Hospital Variation in the Utilization of Short-Term Nondurable Mechanical Circulatory Support in Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

Jordan B Strom  1 , Yuansong Zhao  1 , Changyu Shen  1 , Mabel Chung  1   2 , Duane S Pinto  1 , Jeffrey J Popma  1 , David J Cohen  3 , Robert W Yeh  1
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Hospital Variation in the Utilization of Short-Term Nondurable Mechanical Circulatory Support in Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock

Jordan B Strom et al. Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 Jan.

Abstract

Background: Limited knowledge exists on inter-hospital variation in the utilization of short-term, nondurable mechanical circulatory support (MCS) for myocardial infarction (MI) complicated by cardiogenic shock (CS).

Methods and results: Hospitalizations for MI with CS in 2014 in a nationally representative all-payer database were included. The proportion of hospitalizations for MI with CS using MCS (MCS ratio) and in-hospital mortality were evaluated. Hospital characteristics and outcomes were compared across quartiles of MCS usage. Of 1813 hospitals evaluated, 1440 (79.4%) performed ≥10 percutaneous coronary interventions annually. Of these, 1064 (73.9%) had at least one code for MCS. Forty-one percent of hospitals did not use MCS. The median (interquartile range) proportion of MCS use among admissions for MI with CS was 33.3% (0.0%-50.0%). High MCS utilizing hospitals were larger ( P<0.001). Eighty-five percent (2808/3301) of MCS use was intra-aortic balloon pump. There was significant variation in receipt of MCS at different hospitals (median odds ratio of receiving MCS at 2 random hospitals: 1.58; 95% CI, 1.45-1.70). Adjusted in-hospital mortality was not different across quartiles of MCS use (Q4 versus Q1; odds ratio, 0.95; 95% CI, 0.77-1.16; P=0.58).

Conclusions: Wide variation exists in hospital use of MCS for MI with CS, unexplained by patient characteristics. The predominant form of MCS use is intra-aortic balloon pump. Risk-adjusted mortality rates were not different between higher and lower MCS-utilizing hospitals.

Keywords: critical care outcomes; intra-aortic balloon pumping; myocardial infarction; shock, cardiogenic.

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Histogram demonstrating the proportion of hospitalizations for myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock utilizing MCS by hospital. Ratio = Proportion of MCS use per hospitalization for MI with CS.
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