Primary coronary angioplasty in 9,434 patients during acute myocardial infarction: predictors of major in- hospital adverse events from 1996 to 2000 in Brazil.

Objective: To verify the results after the performance of primary coronary angioplasty in Brazil in the last 4 years.

Methods: During the first 24 hours of acute myocardial infarction onset, 9,434 (12.2%) patients underwent primary PTCA.