Baseline characteristics, management practices, and in-hospital outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes: Results of the Saudi project for assessment of coronary events (SPACE) registry

Abstract

ACS patients in Saudi Arabia present at a younger age, have much higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus, less access to ambulance use, delayed treatment by thrombolytic therapy, and less primary PCI compared with patients in the developed countries. This is the first national ACS registry in our country and it demonstrated knowledge-care gaps that require further improvements.

Presentation, Management Practices and In-hospital Outcomes of Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome in a Tertiary Cardiac Centre in Bangladesh

“…The mean age of our subjects was a relatively young age of 57.8 ± 12.1 years, which is comparable with those of the CREATEand middle eastern registries (GulfRACE and SPACE) 7,16,17 ,marginally lower than the Kerala ACS registry 8 and ACCESS registry 21 , but significantly younger than those of Thai ACSRegistry, GRACE, ACTION AR-G and other European registries 13,18,[22][23][24] , reflecting the younger presentation of ACS among Bangladeshis.…”

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“…The incidence of chest pain was similar to reports by Singh et al but the percentage of sweating and breathlessness were higher than ours (75% and 60% respectively) (Singh et al, 2013). STMI was diagnosed in 44 % of patients, a result which more or less similar to reports from Saudi Arabia in which STMI was reported in 41.5% (Alhabib et al, 2011).…”

In hospital outcomes of primary percutaneous intervention in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction in Saudi Arabia – A single center study

“…Diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidemia were prevalent in this cohort of STEMI patients this is similar to what was reported by Alhabib of Saudi population in the space registry (15). Early presentation of STEMI patient remains a public health concern Only 6% of patients have arrived to Emergency department in the first hour while the majority 48% sought medical advice beyond 6 hours.…”