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Table 3 Investigations & treatment

From: Acute coronary syndrome patients admitted to a cardiology vs non-cardiology service: variations in treatment & outcome

Investigations

Cardiology service N = 1636

Non-cardiology service N = 469

P-value

ECG Findings

 No ECG

53 (3.2%)

19 (4.1%)

0.455

 ECG Changes

   

  ST elevation

685 (41.9%)

34 (7.3%)

<0.0001

  ST depression

417 (25.5%)

77 (16.4%)

<0.0001

  T wave changes

575 (35.2%)

151 (32.2%)

0.312

  Bundle branch block

123 (7.5%)

55 (11.7%)

0.004

 Dynamic ECG Changes

117 (7.2%)

117 (25.0%)

<0.0001

 No follow-up ECG

84 (5.1%)

116 (24.7%)

<0.0001

Troponin Values

 Mean (Std. Dev.)

1.69 (3.53)

0.48 (1.01)

<0.0001

 Minimum

0.10

0.10

 

 Maximum

39.40

11.89

 

Tests Performed

 Angiogram during index admission

86.4%

5.1%

<0.0001

 MIBI

4.5%

2.8%

0.103

 Echocardiogram

2.4%

43.3%

<0.0001

 CT Chest

0

8.5%

<0.0001

Medications

 Aspirin

91.9%

80.8%

<0.0001

 Clopidogrel

83.3%

31.8%

<0.0001

 Beta Blocker

84.4%

73.6%

<0.0001

 Ace Inhibitor

74.9%

62.9%

<0.0001

 Statin

79.1%

56.9%

<0.0001

  1. ECG electrocardiogram, ST ST segment, Std Dev Standard deviation, MIBI technetium sestamibi myocardial imaging scan, CT computerized tomography