Heart Attack

Each year nearly 1 million people in the U.S. suffer a heart attack, also called acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI) when a portion of the heart muscle dies or is permanently damaged by lack of oxygen. When a heart attack occurs, quick use of aspirin and other treatments can reduce damage to the heart and reduce the chance of death. The indicators in this section examine the initial care of heart attack patients and whether patients leave the hospital with medications known to be helpful after a heart attack.

We show a quality ribbon if a hospital has the best score possible.

 

Desired Perfomance

St. Thomas Hospital

Baptist
Hospital

Middle Tenn Medical Center

U.S.
Avg.

given aspirin at arrival

high

100% 

100% 

100% 

95.2%

given beta blocker at arrival

high

100% 

80%

100% 

90.6%

PCI patients treated w/in 90 min

high

100% 

100%  

75%

65.1%

w/ LVSD given ACEI or ARB

high

95%

100% 

50%

83.2%

who smoke given smoking counseling

high

100% 

100% 

100%  

97.3%

given aspirin at discharge

high

100% 

100% 

100% 

95.8%

given beta blocker at discharge

high

98%

100% 

100% 

94.4%