Targeted Use of Computed Tomographic Coronary Angiography in Acute Chest Pain.

August 29, 2026| Source: The New England journal of medicine

Many patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome in whom myocardial infarction has been ruled out in the emergency department remain at risk for cardiovascular events. Whether further investigation reduces this risk is unknown. In a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial, patients who presented to an emergency department in 14 hospitals across the United Kingdom were enrolled if myocardial infarction had been ruled out and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin testing indicated an intermediate risk of a cardiovascular event (maximum high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I or T concentration, >5 ng per liter). Participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to receive either outpatient computed tomographic (CT) coronary angiography-guided care or standard care. The primary outcome was a composite of myocardial infarction or death from a cardiac cause. From September 18, 2019, to May 11, 2023, a total of 3170 participants (median age, 61 years; female sex, 30.2%) were assigned to undergo CT coronary angiography (1587 participants) or receive standard care (1583 participants). At 90 days after randomization, CT coronary angiography had been performed in 1462 participants (92.1%) in the CT coronary angiography group and in 35 participants (2.2%) in the standard-care group. Overall, 7 participants (0.4%) had a CT coronary angiography-related adverse event. After a median of 3.0 years, at which point the number of primary-outcome events in the standard-care group exceeded the prespecified minimum of 97, a primary-outcome event had occurred in 112 participants (7.1%) in the CT coronary angiography group and in 116 (7.3%) in the standard-care group (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.95; 95% confidence interval, 0.73 to 1.23; P = 0.71). In patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome in whom myocardial infarction had been ruled out, routine CT coronary angiography-guided management did not result in a lower incidence of subsequent myocardial infarction or death from a cardiac cause than standard care. (Funded by the British Heart Foundation; TARGET-CTCA ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03952351.).

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