An Australian experience of the Rapid Access Chest Pain Assessment Clinic.

ABSTRACT: Rapid Access Chest Pain Assessment Clinic (RACPAC) offers an outpatient evaluation for patients with troponin-negative, low-to-intermediate risk chest pain. This 10-year study assessed its role in the early identification of patients at cardiovascular risk and compared the modes of coronary investigation performances. A single-centre, observational, retrospective cohort study from July 2012 to July 2022 assessed patients who underwent diagnostic tests: CT coronary angiography (CTCA), treadmill stress echocardiogram (TSE), myocardial perfusion scan (MPS), or invasive coronary angiogram (ICA). True positive cases were defined by obstructive disease on subsequent ICA. Baseline characteristics, investigation choice, results, conversion rates to ICA, and identification of new modifiable risk fa

SUBMITTER: Al-Fiadh H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12699033 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature