Over one third of patients referred for primary PCI were incorrectly diagnosed with STEMI, with various patient-level factors increasing the odds of this false-positive diagnosis.
A significant proportion (over one-third) of emergency department STEMI activations for primary PCI are false positives, which are associated with specific patient-level characteristics.
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More than a third of patients referred for primary PCI from the emergency department did not have a STEMI. Multiple patient-level characteristics were significantly associated with an increased odds of false-positive STEMI activation.
McCabe et al. (Tue,) reported a other. Over one third of patients referred for primary PCI were incorrectly diagnosed with STEMI, with various patient-level factors increasing the odds of this false-positive diagnosis.