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Previously diagnosed cancer and mortality after ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction treated with primary angioplasty.

Ignacio Iglesias-GarrizIrene DelgadoIván Prieto-SalvadorCarmen GarroteAndrés García-PalomoFelipe Fernández-Vazquez
Published in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2019)
Patients with a previous cancer diagnosis who had an acute STEMI treated by primary PCI did not seem to have a worse prognosis. The difference in the crude mortality rate can be explained by the baseline differences between both groups. Previous cancer diagnosis should not be included in the clinical decision process when a patient is having an acute STEMI.
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