Using Coronary Artery Calcification Combined with Pretest Clinical Risk Assessment as a Means of Determining Investigation and Treatment in Patients Presenting with Chest Pain in a Rural Setting

Table 4

Patient outcomes versus calcium score.

	Discharge	Medical Rx	CABG	PCI	Other investigations/outcomes
Zero calcium score, male,	50	4	0	0	5
Zero calcium score, female,	156	15	0	0	24
Calcium score 1–400, male,	45	20	1	5	40
Calcium score 1–400, female,	12	17	2	2	14
Calcium score >400, male,	3	20	3	4	3
Calcium score >400, female,	1	12	1	1	2
Total	267	88	7	12	88

Table demonstrating the outcomes of the patient group in relation to their calcium score. The majority of patients with a zero calcium score were discharged unless they had a high pretest risk of coronary disease. No patient with a zero calcium score required revascularization.