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. 2012 Dec;1(4):312–319. doi: 10.1177/2048872612463542

Table 4.

CPU-diagnosis.

Self-referral Emergency medical services p-value OR (95% CI)
Number of patients 3789 (32.7%) 7792 (67.3%)
Leading coronary diagnosis
Acute coronary syndrome 30.3% 46.9% < 0.0001 0.49 (0.45–0.53)
STEMI 2.4% 7.7% < 0.0001 0.30 (0.24–0.37)
NSTEMI 9.3% 19.7% < 0.0001 0.42 (0.37–0.47)
Unstable angina 18.6% 19.6% 0.20 0.94 (0.85–1.04)
Stable angina 9.7% 7.8% < 0.001 1.27 (1.11–1.45)
Leading non-coronary diagnosis
Acute arrhythmias 20.2% 18.7% 0.07 1.10 (0.99–1.21)
Hypertensive crisis 8.5% 6.8% < 0.05 1.27 (1.00–1.61)
Decompensated heart failure 2.7% 2.4% 0.55 1.13 (0.76–1.68)
Pulmonary embolism 0.9% 1.2% 0.23 0.78 (0.53–1.17)
Pericarditis/myocarditis 1.3% 0.9% 0.08 1.39 (0.96–2.01)
Aortic dissection 0.1% 0.2% 0.28 0.55 (0.18–1.65)
Pleuritis/pneumothorax 0.2% 0.3% 0.58 0.81 (0.37–1.74)
Tako Tsubo syndrome 0.0% 0.3% < 0.05 Not available

OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction; NSTEMI: non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction