Quality of care for patients with ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction before COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba: review of 17 reports with 7823 patients.

Background: In Cuba, there is neither a registry of ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), nor are analysis of performance measures widely reported.

Objective: A review of Cuban studies of patients with STEMI was carried out to describe quality of medical care.

Methods: Cochrane Library, EMBASE, PubMed, Scopus and SciELO, as well as archives of national journals, were all searched for articles on STEMI in Cuba, from 2000 to March 2020.

Body mass index and in-hospital outcomes in patient's ≥80 years with ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Results from low income country without coronary intervention.

Background: In most scenarios from low/middle income countries, pharmacological approach for ST elevation Myocardial Infarction is still use. In these setting and increase proportion of elderly patients is awaited. So it is also expected to have older patients with suboptimal treatment and risk stratification.