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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 27.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2018 Nov 27;138(22):2456–2468. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.036528

Table 5.

Proportion of patients with events in the Post-implementation cohort based on HEART Pathway risk assessment

Outcomes Low-Risk
N=1461
(%)
Non-Low-Risk
N=2531
(%)
Incomplete
N=769
(%)
Percent Difference
Low:Non-Low
(95% CI)*
Percent Difference
Low:Incomplete
(95% CI)*
Safety
Index visit
  Death 2 (0.1) 12 (0.5) 1 (0.1) 0.3 (0.0–0.7) 0.0 (−0.3–0.3)
  MI 1 (0.1) 313 (12.4) 0 (0) 12.3 (11.0–13.6) −0.1 (−0.2–0.1)
  Revascularization 1 (0.1) 151 (6) 2 (0.3) 5.9 (5.0–6.8) 0.2 (−0.2–0.6)
  Death + MI 3 (0.2) 321 (12.7) 1 (0.1) 12.5 (11.2–13.8) −0.1 (−0.4–0.3)
  Death + MI + Revascularization 4 (0.3) 348 (13.7) 3 (0.4) 13.5 (12.1–14.8) 0.1 (−0.4–0.6)
Follow-up period
  Death 2 (0.1) 19 (0.8) 3 (0.4) 0.6 (0.2–1.0) 0.3 (−0.2–0.7)
  MI 1 (0.1) 26 (1) 2 (0.3) 1.0 (0.5–1.4) 0.2 (−0.2–0.6)
  Revascularization 1 (0.1) 34 (1.3) 3 (0.4) 1.3 (0.8–1.7) 0.3 (−0.1–0.8)
  Death + MI 3 (0.2) 43 (1.7) 5 (0.7) 1.5 (0.9–2.0) 0.4 (−0.2–1.1)
  Death + MI + Revascularization 4 (0.3) 66 (2.6) 7 (0.9) 2.3 (1.7–3.0) 0.6 (−0.1–1.4)
30 day (Index + follow up)
  Death 4 (0.3) 31 (1.2) 4 (0.5) 1.0 (0.4–1.5) 0.2 (−0.3–0.8)
  MI 2 (0.1) 320 (12.6) 2 (0.3) 12.5 (11.2–13.8) 0.1 (−0.3–0.5)
  Revascularization 2 (0.1) 183 (7.2) 5 (0.7) 7.1 (6.1–8.1) 0.5 (−0.1–1.1)
  Death + MI 6 (0.4) 341 (13.5) 6 (0.8) 13.1 (11.7–14.4) 0.4 (−0.3–1.1)
  Death + MI + Revascularization 7 (0.5) 378 (14.9) 10 (1.3) 14.5 (13.0–15.9) 0.8 (−0.1–1.7)

Utilization
Index visit
  Hospitalization 241 (16.5) 2095 (82.8) 246 (32) 66.3 (63.9–68.7) 15.5 (11.7–19.3)
  Early discharge 1203 (82.3) 360 (14.2) 483 (62.8) −68.1 (−70.5−−65.7) −19.5 (−23.5−−15.6)
  Objective Cardiac Testing 116 (7.9) 1148 (45.4) 43 (5.6) 37.4 (35.0–39.8) −2.3 (−4.5−−0.2)
Follow-up period
  Hospitalization 43 (2.9) 199 (7.9) 29 (3.8) 4.9 (3.6–6.3) 0.8 (−0.8–2.4)
  Objective Cardiac Testing 43 (2.9) 145 (5.7) 18 (2.3) 2.8 (1.5–4.0) −0.6 (−2.0–0.8)
30 day (Index + follow up)
  Hospitalization 268 (18.3) 2128 (84.1) 253 (32.9) 65.7 (63.3–68.2) 14.6 (10.7–8.4)
  Objective Cardiac Testing 156 (10.7) 1248 (49.3) 58 (7.5) 38.6 (36.1–41.1) −3.1 (−5.6−−0.7)
*

Proportions and associated 95%CI were calculated without adjustment for potential confounders.