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Table 5 Rates of intervention including PCI and CABG in NSTEMI patients with final diagnosis after the first versus the second cTn control

From: How rapid is rapid? Exemplary results of real-life rapid rule-out troponin timing in troponin-positive acute coronary syndromes without persistent ST-segment elevation in two contrasting German chest pain unit facilities

Rates of intervention

Overall

Site I (%)

Site II (%)

p value

NSTEMI ensured by the 1st control (h)

 Overall

71.6

70.0

72.9

0.82

 PCI

61.4

67.5

56.3

0.73

 CABG

10.2

2.5

16.7

<0.01*

 None

28.4

30.0

27.1

0.82

NSTEMI ensured by the 2nd control (h)

 Overall

87.5

100

83.3

Omitted to due remaining small sample size

 PCI

75.0

100

66.7

 CABG

16.7

16.7

 None

16.7

16.7

  1. site I centre of maximum care in an urban university setting (University Hospital Münster); site II centre of primary care in a rural regional setting (Arnsberg Medical Center)
  2. subgroups: a–c myocardial infarction without persistent ST-segment elevation (NSTEMI), CA coronary angiography, cTn cardiac troponin
  3. * Statistically significant