Efficiency and safety of coronary CT angiography compared to standard care in the evaluation of patients with acute chest pain: a Canadian study |
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Authors: | Elena Peña Fraser Rubens Ian Stiell Rebecca Peterson Joao Inacio Carole Dennie |
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Institution: | 1.Department of Medical Imaging,The Ottawa Hospital,Ottawa,Canada;2.Department of Radiology,University of Ottawa,Ottawa,Canada;3.Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery,University of Ottawa Heart Institute,Ottawa,Canada;4.Department of Emergency Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute,The Ottawa Hospital,Ottawa,Canada |
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Abstract: | The optimal assessment of patients with chest pain and possible acute coronary syndrome (ACS) remains a diagnostic dilemma for emergency physicians. Cardiac computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) may identify patients who can be safely discharged home from the emergency department (ED). The objective of the study was to compare the efficiency and safety of CCTA to standard care in patients presenting to the ED with low- to intermediate-risk chest pain. This was a single-center before-after study enrolling ED patients with chest pain and low to intermediate risk of ACS, before and after implementing a cardiac CT-based management protocol. The primary outcome was efficiency (time to diagnosis). Secondary outcomes included safety (30-day incidence of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE)) and length of stay in the ED. We enrolled 258 patients: 130 in the standard care group and 128 in the cardiac CT-based management group. The cardiac CT group had a shorter time to diagnosis of 7.1 h (IQR 5.8–14.0) compared to 532.9 h (IQR 312.8–960.5) for the standard care group (p?<?0.0001) but had a longer length of stay in the ED of 7.9 h (IQR 6.5–10.8) versus 5.5 h (IQR 3.9–7.7) (p?<?0.0001). The MACE rate was 1.6 % in the standard care group and 0 % in the cardiac CT group. In conclusion, a cardiac CT-based management strategy to rule out ACS in ED patients with low- to intermediate-risk chest pain was safe and led to a shorter time to diagnosis but increased length of stay in the ED. |
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