Management and outcomes of patients with acute coronary syndromes in Australia and New Zealand, 2000-2007.

Objectives: To describe temporal trends in the use of evidence-based medical therapies and management of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) in Australia and New Zealand.

Design, Setting And Participants: Our analysis of the Australian and New Zealand cohort of the Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) included patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and non-ST-segment-elevation ACS (NSTEACS) enrolled continuously between January 2000 and December 2007 from 11 metropolitan and rural centres in Australia and New Zealand.

Results: 5615 patients were included in this analysis (1723 with STEMI; 3892 with NSTEACS).