[The impact of Chilean health reform in the management and mortality of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in Chilean hospitals].

Background: In 2005 the Chilean government started a health care reform (AUGE) that guarantees medical treatment for acute myocardial infarction.

Aim: To quantify the impact of AUGE on the management and in-hospital mortality of STEMI in a group of Chilean hospitals.

Material And Methods: Three thousand five hundred and forty six patients with STEMI from 10 hospitals that perform thrombolysis as the main reperfusion therapy were analyzed.

[Risk factors for postoperative atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass grafting. A prospective analysis].

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a relevant complication after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However there is controversy regarding possible contributing factors.

Aim: To study the incidence of AF, its risk factors and its repercussion on hospital stay and charges, in patients undergoing CABG.

[Coronary biomarkers and long-term clinical outcome in acute coronary syndrome without ST segment elevation].

Background: The use of new biomarkers improved risk stratification for patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS).

Aim: To evaluate the relationship between multiple biomarkers and long-term clinical outcome in ACS without ST segment elevation.

Patients And Methods: Consecutive patients presenting with suspected ACS were studied.