The HEART Pathway Randomized Controlled Trial One-year Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective was to determine the impact of the HEART Pathway on health care utilization and safety outcomes at 1 year in patients with acute chest pain.

Methods

Adult emergency department (ED) patients with chest pain (N = 282) were randomized to the HEART Pathway or usual care. In the HEART Pathway arm, ED providers used the HEART score and troponin measures (0 and 3 hours) to risk stratify patients. Usual care was based on American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines. Major adverse cardiac events (MACE-cardiac death, myocardial infarction [MI], or coronary revascularization), objective testing (stress testing or coronary angiography), and cardiac hospitalizations and ED visits were assessed at 1 year. Randomization arm outcomes were comp

SUBMITTER: Stopyra JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6934171 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature