Troponin <0.03 n=21 701 | Troponin ≥0.03 n=4962 | P | OR | 95% CI | |||
Procedures | |||||||
Cardiology consult | 2203 | 10.2% | 1469 | 29.6% | <0.0001 | 3.72 | 3.45 to 4.01 |
Cardiac MRI | 60 | 0.3% | 36 | 0.7% | <0.0001 | 2.64 | 1.74 to 3.99 |
Coronary CT angiography | 363 | 1.7% | 30 | 0.6% | <0.0001 | 0.36 | 0.25 to 0.52 |
Chest CT (non-coronary) | 5304 | 24.4% | 1472 | 29.7% | <0.0001 | 1.30 | 1.22 to 1.40 |
Single photon emission CT | 2169 | 10.0% | 324 | 6.5% | <0.0001 | 0.63 | 0.56 to 0.71 |
Ventilation/perfusion scan | 174 | 0.8% | 67 | 1.4% | 0.0002 | 1.69 | 1.28 to 2.25 |
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation | 48 | 0.2% | 95 | 1.9% | <0.0001 | 8.81 | 6.21 to 12.48 |
Cardioversion | 135 | 0.6% | 74 | 1.5% | <0.0001 | 2.42 | 1.82 to 3.22 |
Exercise treadmill testing | 2341 | 10.8% | 324 | 6.5% | <0.0001 | 0.58 | 0.51 to 0.65 |
Transthoracic echocardiogram | 11 421 | 52.6% | 3938 | 79.4% | <0.0001 | 3.46 | 3.22 to 3.73 |
Transoesophageal echocardiogram | 463 | 2.1% | 342 | 6.9% | <0.0001 | 3.40 | 2.94 to 3.92 |
Coronary catheterisation | 769 | 3.5% | 1031 | 20.8% | <0.0001 | 7.14 | 6.46 to 7.88 |
Percutaneous coronary intervention | 122 | 0.6% | 478 | 9.6% | <0.0001 | 18.86 | 15.42 to 23.06 |
Coronary bypass | 44 | 0.2% | 118 | 2.4% | <0.0001 | 11.99 | 8.47 to 16.97 |
Hospital diagnoses | |||||||
Acute myocardial infarction | 55 | 0.3% | 993 | 20.0% | <0.0001 | 98.47 | 74.90 to 129.45 |
Chronic cardiovascular disease | 5145 | 23.7% | 2374 | 47.8% | <0.0001 | 2.95 | 2.77 to 3.15 |
Arrhythmia* | 3484 | 16.1% | 1530 | 30.8% | <0.0001 | 2.33 | 2.17 to 2.50 |
Acute/chronic heart failure | 3305 | 15.2% | 1936 | 39.0% | <0.0001 | 3.56 | 3.33 to 3.81 |
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy | 27 | 0.1% | 101 | 2.0% | <0.0001 | 16.68 | 10.90 to 25.53 |
Sepsis | 1905 | 8.8% | 1132 | 22.8% | <0.0001 | 3.07 | 2.83 to 3.33 |
Chronic kidney disease | 2270 | 10.5% | 1771 | 35.7% | <0.0001 | 4.75 | 4.42 to 5.11 |
Acute kidney injury | 2962 | 13.7% | 1729 | 34.8% | <0.0001 | 3.38 | 3.15 to 3.63 |
Stroke, haemorrhagic | 618 | 2.9% | 180 | 3.6% | 0.004 | 1.28 | 1.08 to 1.52 |
Stroke, thrombotic | 1700 | 7.8% | 446 | 9.0% | 0.007 | 1.16 | 1.04 to 1.30 |
Aortic dissection | 125 | 0.6% | 35 | 0.7% | 0.29 | 1.23 | 0.84 to 1.79 |
Acute pulmonary embolus | 477 | 2.2% | 168 | 3.4% | <0.0001 | 1.56 | 1.30 to 1.86 |
*Atrial or ventricular arrhythmia.