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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Sep 19;54(6):769–778.e1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.07.027

Table 2.

Distribution of Serious Events*

Serious Event Type Serious Event Identified DURING ED Evaluation n (%) 30-Day Serious Event Occurred AFTER ED Evaluation n (%)
Any 287 (10%) 173 (7%)
Death 0 (0%) 41 (1%)
Cardiac Event 198 (7%) 120 (4%)
 Arrhythmia 175 (6%) 92 (3%)
  Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) 25 (0.9%) 10 (0.4%)
   VT Terminated by AICD 10 (0.3%) 0 (0%)
   Sustained VT 5 (0.2%) 2 (0.1%)
   Non-Sustained VT 10 (0.3%) 8 (0.3%)
  Symptomatic PSVT 9 (0.3%) 6 (0.2%)
  Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter with Rapid Ventricular Response 41 (1.4)% 18 (0.7%)
  Sick Sinus Syndrome/Sinus Pause 23 (0.8%) 30 (1%)
  Third or Mobitz II Heart Block 15 (0.5%) 9 (0.4%)
  Symptomatic Bradycardia 76 (2.6%) 20 (0.8%)
  Abnormal Electrophysiology Study 2 (0.1%) 5 (0.2%)
 Myocardial Infarction 14 (0.5%) 6 (0.2%)
 Cardiac Procedure 0 (0%) 54 (2%)
  Pacemaker 40 (2%)
  Implantable Defibrillator 7 (4%)
  Coronary Angioplasty 3 (4%)
  Coronary Bypass Surgery 4 (4%)
 Structural Heart Disease 5 (0.2%) 10 (0.4%)
 Pulmonary Embolism 7 (0.2%) 6 (0.3%)
Stroke/TIA 9 (0.3%) 11 (0.4%)
GI Bleed/Anemia 85 (3%) 8 (0.3%)
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage 1 (0.03%) 0 (0%)
*

Some patients experienced more than one event

These patients were excluded from further analysis;

Denominator includes 2,871 patients who met initial eligibility criteria

Denominator includes 2,584 patients in the study cohort