Table 4

General practitioners’ assessment of the likelihood of their patients having ischaemic heart disease (IHD) before and after carrying out the open access exercise test

Likelihood of presence of IHD
GP assessment High Moderate Low
Before the test37.2% (n = 92)48.6% (n = 120)14.2% (n = 35)
After the test34.4% (n = 85)16.6% (n = 41)49.0% (n = 121)