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SummaryAimTo describe longitudinal trends in patients’ characteristics, management and hospital outcomes over 20 years of therapy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).MethodsFrom 1988 to 2007, 2100 consecutive patients with STEMI were admitted within 6hours of symptom onset to a centre with a systematic reperfusion policy. The population was divided into three periods 1988–1996, 1996–2001 and 2001–2007.ResultsThe baseline risk of mortality increased over time (p=0.02). Use of primary PCI increased and the proportion not receiving reperfusion therapy decreased (from 11.4 to 4.2%, p=0.0001). Adjunctive use of stents and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists increased. The proportion of patients achieving acute TIMI-3 flow in the infarct artery increased (81 to 92%, p=0.001), while time from symptom onset to reperfusion decreased (240 to 205min, p |