Participant characteristics
| Characteristics | n (%) |
| Elective patients (SCAD) | |
| Participants | 20 (49) |
| Male (% elective patients) | 12 (60) |
| Age (mean/range) | 64/36–79 |
| Acute patients (NSTEMI) | |
| Participants | 21 (51) |
| Male (% acute patients) | 14 (67) |
| ‘Treat and send’ patients | 10 (47) |
| Age (mean/range) | 69/40–87 |
| Cardiologists | |
| Participants | 19 (100) |
| Operating interventional cardiologists | 13 (69) |
| Male | 14 (75) |
| Age (mean/range) | 45/30–57 |
NSTEMI, non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; SCAD stable coronary artery disease.
'Treat and send' patients were admitted to a non-PCI centre hospital before being transferred to one of the participating hospitals for treatment.