Organisation of Troponin Testing Services in Acute Coronary
Syndromes
Amendment to Appendix 27: Emergency admissions and access to
angiography
Following the publication of the Health Technology Assessment
Report 4: The organisation of troponin testing services in acute
coronary syndromes in January 2004, data on access of emergency
admissions to angiography in hospitals with and without on-site
facilities for angiography (Appendix 27) were updated by the
Information and Statistics Division (ISD).
The revised tables can be viewed by clicking on the following
links:
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Table A33.1 shows the revised ISD data for the period April 1999
to March 2001 and Table A33.2 gives recent ISD data for the period
April 2001 to March 2003.
The data have been revised by ISD in light of coding issues. For
the ISD data published in the Health Technology Assessment report,
there was a discrepancy in the way in which hospitals recorded
angiography data. For example, some hospitals recorded angiography
and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous coronary
intervention (PCI) as one event if the interventions were performed
simultaneously while other hospitals recorded the interventions as
two events.
The revised ISD data have attempted to resolve the inconsistency
in the recording of angiography data. It assumes that where an
emergency CABG or PCI has been recorded, an angiography has been
undertaken and the interventions are recorded as two events. The
revised data also include recent data for the period April 2001 to
March 2003.
It is important to note that the revised ISD data do not change
the conclusions and recommendations reached in the Health
Technology Assessment Report 4.
ISD are taking forward the issues arising from coding
inconsistency.
For further information regarding the coding used in the
updated data, please contact David Clark on 0131 275
6144.
Publication date for revised tables: 27 July 2004
N.B. These documents are archived and retained
for reference purposes only.
Further information
For further information, or to receive a copy of the published
report, please contact Doreen Pedlar at
Doreen.Pedlar@nhs.net
Published Date: 01 December 2003
