Campbell J. Veasey, Anna C. Snavely, Zechariah L. Kearns, Nicklaus P. Ashburn, Tara Hashemian, Simon A. Mahler
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Abstract
Background
The high-sensitivity HEART pathway (hs-HP) risk stratifies emergency department (ED) patients with chest pain. It is unknown if its safety and effectiveness vary by sex or race.
Methods
We conducted a subgroup analysis of the hs-HP implementation study, a pre−post interrupted time series at five US EDs. The pre-implementation period (January 2019 to April 2020) utilized the traditional HEART pathway with contemporary troponin (Siemens) and the post-implementation period (November 2020 to February 2022) used the hs-HP using hs-cTnI (Beckman Coulter). Patients were risk-stratified using the hs-HP to rule-out, observation, and rule-in groups. Safety and effectiveness outcomes were 30-day all-cause mortality or myocardial infarction (MI) and 30-day hospitalization.
Results
Twenty-six thousand and one hundred twenty-six patients were accrued (12 317 pre- and 13 809 post-implementation), of which 35.3% were non-White and 52.7% were female. Among 9703 patients with complete hs-HP assessments, 48.6% of White and 55.4% of non-White patients were ruled-out (p < 0.001). Additionally, 47.3% of males and 54.4% of females were ruled-out (p < 0.001). Among rule-out patients, 0.3% of White versus 0.3% of non-White patients (p = 0.98) and 0.3% of females versus males 0.3% (p = 0.90) experienced 30-day death or MI. Post-implementation, 30-day hospitalization decreased 17.2% among White patients (aOR 0.49, 95% CI: 0.45−0.52), 14.1% among non-White patients (aOR 0.53, 95% CI: 0.48−0.59), 15.6% among females (aOR 0.50, 95% CI: 0.46−0.54), and 16.6% among males (aOR 0.51, 95% CI: 0.47−0.56). The interactions for 30-day hospitalization between hs-HP implementation and race (p = 0.10) and sex (p = 0.69) were not significant.
Conclusions
The hs-HP safely decreases 30-day hospitalizations regardless of sex or race. However, it classifies more non-White patients and women to the rule-out group.