| Variables to be Collected |  |
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Physical Examination | • Temperature (degrees Celsius) • Heart rate (beats per minute) • Systolic blood pressure (mm of Hg) • Diastolic blood pressure (mm of Hg) • Cardiac auscultation findings (S3, S4, Systolic murmur, diastolic murmur) | • Lung auscultation findings (crackles/rales at bases, crackles/rales to scapulae, wheezes) • Chest wall tenderness (reproducing presenting symptom) • Pitting edema in lower extremities |
Diagnostic tests | • Intepretation of first readable ECG (normal, nonspecific ST-T wave changes, abnormal but not diagnostic of ischemia, infarction or ischemia known to be old, infarction or ischemia not known to be old, consistent with AMI (ST-elevation or new left bundle branch block) • Cardiac stress test done • If yes, type of stress test (nuclear, exercise, stress echo, other) • If yes, result (positive for ischemia, negative for ischemia, equivocal) • If equivocal, mild ischemia, moderate ischemia, or severe ischemia? | • Time and values of first and second cardiac troponin T • Cardiac CT done? • If yes, any stenosis ≥ 70%? • Coronary angiography done? • If yes, any stenosis ≥ 70%? • Did the patient undergo revascularization? • If yes, stent placement, angioplasty alone, or coronary artery bypass grafting? |
Physician judgment | • Probability of unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction (to the closest percent) |  |