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Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2012 Mar;163(3):10.1016/j.ahj.2011.11.022. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.11.022

Table II.

1-year event rates (%) by test type (a) and patient demographics (b)

a.
All
(N=80,676)
Nuclear
Stress MPI
(N=43,700)
Stress
ECHO
(N=16,879)
ETT
(N=20,097)
P-
value
Procedures
Catheterization 10.5 13.81 6.4 6.90 <.001
Revascularization 3.3 4.1 2.3 2.3 <.001
  PCI 2.5 3.1 1.6 1.8 <.001
  CABG 0.9 1.21 0.7 0.6 <.001
Clinical Events
Death/MI/Stroke 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 .004
  Death 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 <.001
  MI 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 .32
  Stroke 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 .43
b.
All
(N=80,676)
Men
(N=38,085)
Women
(N=42,591)
Men
N=38,085
Women
N=42,591
P-
value
40–54y
N=25,380
55–64y
N=12,705
P-
value
40–54y
N=26,380
55–64y
N=16,211
P-value
Procedures
Catheterization 12.9 8.5 <.001 10.1 18.5 <.001 7.0 10.8 <.001
Revascularization 5.5 1.3 <.001 3.4 9.5 <.001 0.8 2.2 <.001
  PCI 4.0 1.0 <.001 2.7 6.7 <.001 0.6 1.7 <.001
  CABG 1.6 0.3 <.001 0.9 3.0 <.001 0.2 0.6 <.001
Clinical Events
Death/MI/Stroke 0.7 0.3 <.001 0.5 1.0 <.001 0.2 0.4 .011
  Death 0.2 0.1 .002 0.1 0.4 <.001 0.1 0.2 .004
  MI 0.4 0.1 <.001 0.3 0.7 <.001 0.1 0.1 .18
  Stroke 0.1 0.1 .25 0.1 0.1 .39 0.1 0.1 .64

CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; ECHO = echocardiography; ETT = exercise treadmill testing; MI = myocardial infarction; MPI = myocardial perfusion imaging; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.