Effect of Race on Outcomes Following Early Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography or Standard Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Chest Pain.
Reinhardt SW, Babatunde A, Novak E, Brown DL. Effect of Race on Outcomes Following Early Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography or Standard Emergency Department Evaluation for Acute Chest Pain. Ethnicity & Disease 2018, 28: 517-524. PMID: 30405295, PMCID: PMC6200301, DOI: 10.18865/ed.28.4.517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute coronary syndromeEmergency department evaluationChest painMedian LOSDepartment evaluationCaucasian patientsDownstream testingMyocardial ischemia/infarctionRadiation exposureDirect ED dischargeStandard ED evaluationAcute chest painRecurrent chest painLength of stayCumulative radiation exposureIschemia/infarctionGreater radiation exposureStandard evaluationEarly CCTAIndex visitCoronary syndromeED dischargeED evaluationED visitsHospital admissionNoninvasive Cardiac Testing vs Clinical Evaluation Alone in Acute Chest Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the ROMICAT-II Randomized Clinical Trial
Reinhardt SW, Lin CJ, Novak E, Brown DL. Noninvasive Cardiac Testing vs Clinical Evaluation Alone in Acute Chest Pain: A Secondary Analysis of the ROMICAT-II Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Internal Medicine 2018, 178: 212-219. PMID: 29138794, PMCID: PMC5838790, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.7360.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMajor adverse cardiac eventsLength of stayAcute chest painAcute coronary syndromePercutaneous coronary interventionChest painClinical evaluationCumulative radiation exposureNoninvasive testingEmergency departmentIndex visitED visitsRadiation exposureDownstream testingCoronary artery bypass surgeryRate of PCILonger LOSShorter LOSMyocardial ischemia/infarctionDirect ED dischargeAdverse cardiac eventsRecurrent chest painSafety end pointArtery bypass surgeryNoninvasive cardiac testing