Age and gender | Study group | Testing at initial presentation | Working diagnosis | Adverse event |
43, female | Point-of-care | Point-of-care tests negative, taken 505 and 600 min after worst pain | Musculoskeletal pain | Hospitalisation for ACS 50 days later |
63, male | Point-of-care | Point-of-care tests negative, taken 721 and 824 min after worst pain | Musculoskeletal pain | Hospitalisation for ACS 1 day later |
64, female | Standard care | Troponin negative 1606 min after worst pain | Angina no ACS | Non-fatal MI 32 days later |
78, female | Point-of-care | Point-of-care tests negative, taken 800 and 900 min after worst pain | Gastro-oesophageal pain | Died from metastatic pancreatic carcinoma 75 days later |
78, male | Point-of-care | CK-MB and myoglobin negative, troponin 0.06 and 0.07 at 909 and 1005 min after worst pain | Angina no ACS | Life-threatening arrhythmia (SVT) 48 days later |
ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CK-MB, creatine kinase, myocardial type; MI, myocardial infarction; SVT, supraventricular tachycardia.