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. 2013 Jun;24(4):110–116. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2013-017

Table 5. Outcomes At Discharge And At 6 Months.

Secondary hospitals n = 43 (%) TBH n = 33 (%) p-value
At Discharge
Mortality 10 (23) 2 (6) 0.0326*
Discharge medications (% of survivors)
Asprin 31 (94) 30 (97) 0.5918
β-blocker 29 (88) 30 (97) 0.1851
ACE inhibitor 25 (76) 26 (84) 0.4201
ARB 1 (3) 2 (6) 0.5175
Statin 30 (91) 29 (94) 0.6942
Spironolactone 3 (9) 2 (6) 0.6942
Clopidogrel 8 (24) 9 (29) 0.6646
Days in hospital (± SD) (% of survivors) 6.14 (± 4.33) 5.82 (± 5.26) 0.2100
At 6 months
Survived (expressed as % of entire group) 29 (73) 27 (90) 0.0614
Survived (expressed as % of survivors at discharge) 29 (97) 27 (96) 0.9247
Chest pain (% of survivors at 6 months)
None 17 (59) 16 (59) 0.6206
Occasional 9 (31) 10 (37) 0.8540
CCS 2 2 (7) 1 (4) 0.5960
CCS 3 1 (3) 0.(0) 0.3302
Readmission to hospital (% of survivors at 6 months) 9 (31) 4 (15) 0.1461
Subsequent angiography (% of survivors at 6 months) 6 (21) 3 (11) 0.3248
Time from admission (months) 3.86 (± 2.07) 1.33 (± 0.58) 0.0121*
Coronary revascularisation within 6 months (n = 43 and 33) 19 (44) 28 (85) 0.0001*

CCS: Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina classification

*p-values calculated comparing TBH and secondary hospital groups, p < 0.05 was statistically significant.