Table 4

Cardiac interventions, emergency department attendances, admissions and outpatient reviews

Point-of-careStandard carep Value
N=1125N=1118
N (%) needing thrombolysis1 (<1%)2 (<1%)0.624
N (%) needing PCI29 (3%)29 (3%)1.000
N (%) needing emergency PCI7 (1%)12 (1%)0.260
N (%) needing CABG11 (1%)5 (<1%)0.209
N (%) of emergency department attendances140 (12%)138 (12%)0.949
N (%) of chest pain related emergency department attendances107 (10%)103 (9%)0.828
N (%) of hospital admissions*117 (10%)122 (11%)0.732
N (%) of chest pain-related hospital admissions*84 (7%)99 (9%)0.247
N (%) with any outpatient attendance334 (30%)322 (29%)0.676
N (%) with a chest pain related outpatient attendance241 (21%)202 (18%)0.05

  • ↵* Excluding admission at initial attendance.

  • CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention.