Outcomes of patients admitted with high-sensitive cardiac troponin T levels meeting the new rule out criteria for myocardial infarction
| Autor: | B C Cohen, S F Fuchs, A G Grossman, D H Hasdai, S C Cohen, R T Tor, R K Kornowski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | European Heart Journal. 42 |
| ISSN: | 1522-9645 0195-668X |
| Popis: | Background The 2020 ESC non-ST-elevation (NSTE) acute coronary syndromes (ACS) guidelines have adopted the paradigm that patients presenting with suspected NSTE-ACS and high-sensitive cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) values Purpose We examined the clinical outcomes and resource utilization of suspected NSTE-ACS patients who presented with hs-cTnT values meeting the early rule out criteria, but were nevertheless admitted. Methods Our single center retrospective cohort study included 4,263 visits for suspected NSTE-ACS triaged in the Emergency Room (ER), had hs-cTnT values that met the early rule-out criteria, and were admitted (Figure 1). Routine quality control and dedicated tests proved a coefficient of variance of Results There were no deaths in-hospital and at 30 days. Discharge diagnosis of MI was documented in 10 patients (∼0.2%). Median ER stay and hospital stay were 6 hours and 3 days, respectively. In hospital evaluation included 844 gated cardiac CT angiography (CTA), 580 SPECT heart scans, 101 ECG-exercise tests, and 178 coronary angiography, of which 70 (∼1.6% of cohort) culminated in percutaneous/surgical intervention. Conclusion Our findings highlight the high negative predictive value for MI applying the early rule out algorithm and supports a policy of ER discharge for further evaluation, sparing unnecessary and resource-consuming hospital admissions. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None. Figure 1 |
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