Early Noninvasive Cardiac Testing After Emergency Department Evaluation for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Professional guidelines recommend noninvasive cardiac testing (NIT) within 72 hours of an emergency department (ED) evaluation for suspected acute coronary syndrome. However, there is inexact evidence that this strategy reduces the risk of future death or acute myocardial infarction (MI).

Objective

To evaluate the effectiveness of early NIT in reducing the risk of death or acute MI within 30 days.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, multicenter cohort study within the Kaiser Permanente Southern California integrated health care delivery system compared the effectiveness of early noninvasive cardiac testing vs no testing in patients with chest pain and in whom acute MI was ruled out who presented to an ED from January 2015 to December 2017.

SUBMITTER: Kawatkar AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7536619 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature