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. 2013 Oct 25;2(5):e000268. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000268

Table 3.

Direct Comparisons of Participants' ECG Interpretation Accuracy for All ECGs (36) and Limited to ECGs Just From Those With Culprit Lesions on Angiography (24)

All ECGs True STEMI ECGs Only
OR 95% CI P Value OR 95% CI P Value
By experience
Per 5 years experience* 1.06 1.02 to 1.10 0.01 1.05 0.61 to 1.78 0.87
Resident Ref Ref
Fellow 1.26 1.02 to 1.57 0.03 1.07 0.84 to 1.38 0.56
Attending 1.45 1.19 to 1.77 <0.01 1.42 1.06 to 1.89 0.02
By specialty
Non‐cardiologists Ref Ref
General cardiologists 0.97 0.79 to 1.2 0.8 0.91 0.72 to 1.14 0.42
Interventional cardiologists 1.24 0.93 to 1.67 0.15 1.2 0.88 to 1.62 0.25
Attending emergency physicians Ref Ref
Attending general cardiologists 0.91 0.67 to 1.23 0.53 0.77 0.50 to 1.20 0.25
Attending interventional cardiologists 1.06 0.73 to 1.53 0.77 0.91 0.57 to 1.45 0.69

CI indicates confidence interval; ECG, electrocardiogram; OR, odds ratio; STEMI, ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction.

*

Experience since medical school graduation.