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Table 4 Management guideline for trial intervention arm

From: The RAPID-CTCA trial (Rapid Assessment of Potential Ischaemic Heart Disease with CTCA) — a multicentre parallel-group randomised trial to compare early computerised tomography coronary angiography versus standard care in patients presenting with suspected or confirmed acute coronary syndrome: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

CTCA result

Troponin result

Trial treatment recommendation

Obstructive disease: stenosis ≥70%

Positive or negative

1. ACS and secondary preventative therapies

2. Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) ± revascularisation

Moderate non-obstructive disease: stenosis 50–69%

Positive

1. ACS and secondary preventative therapies

2. Consider ICA if uncertainty about the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease or functional testing

Moderate non-obstructive disease: stenosis 50–69%

Negative

1. Secondary preventative therapies

2. Consider ICA if uncertainty about the presence of obstructive coronary artery disease or functional testing

Mild non-obstructive disease: stenosis <50%

Positive

1. Consider ACS and secondary preventative therapies

2. Consider alternative cause of chest pain and troponin rise

Mild non-obstructive disease: stenosis <50%

Negative

1. Discharge with no further follow-up

2. Consider secondary preventative therapies

Normal (no evidence of CAD)

 

Discharge with no further follow-up