[Management of myocardial infarction in Spain in the year 2000. The PRIAMHO II study].

Introduction And Objectives: Hospital registries are useful tools to measure the degree of implementation of new treatments and clinical practice guidelines.

Patients And Method: The hospital registry described here was developed in the prospective PRIAMHO II study, which involved a random selection of Spanish hospitals with a coronary intensive care unit and external quality control. This study investigated patients admitted to the coronary care unit with acute myocardial infarction.