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Table 3 Cardiac tests performed by intervention arm

From: An intervention to reassure patients about test results in rapid access chest pain clinic: a pilot randomised controlled trial

 

Discussion (n = 60)

Pamphlet (n = 60)

Total (n = 120)

Exercise tolerance test (ETT)

29

38

67

Dobutamine stress echocardiogram (DSE)

28

24

52

Exercise echocardiogram

5

8

13

Echocardiogram

1

0

1

Myocardial perfusion scan (MPS)

0

0

0

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

0

0

0