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However, little is known about the outcomes of patients who are discharged despite abnormal ADP results, ie, after \u201cruling-in\u201d with a modest elevation of hsTn.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To determine outcomes of patients discharged following ADP, including those who were ruled in with modestly elevated levels of hsTnT but discharged nonetheless.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>This retrospective cohort study included patients with chest pain who presented to the emergency departments (EDs) of a large multisite health system ED between January 2017 to September 2019. Patients were assessed using an ADP, had a peak hsTnT level measured between the limit of quantitation and 52 ng\/L, were discharged, and had follow-up in the electronic medical record. Data analysis was conducted from January 2017 to September 2019.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposures<\/jats:title>Application of an hsTnT ADP.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Thirty-day major adverse cardiac events (MACE), including myocardial infarction, urgent coronary revascularization, and all-cause death, comparing patients who were discharged following ADP-concordant vs ADP-discordant results.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Of 10\u202f342 patients with chest pain (mean [SD] age 51 [17] years; 5902 [57%] women) discharged following ADP, 29 (0.28%) had MACE. Patients with MACE were older (median [IQR] age, 66 [53-75] years vs 50 [38-62] years; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001) and more likely to have prior CAD (12 [41.4%] vs 1805 [17.5%]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.002) and hyperlipidemia (13 [44.8%] vs 2248 [21.8%]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.006). Additionally, patients with MACE were 5-fold more likely to have been discharged despite ADP discordance (16 [55.2%] vs 1145 [11.1%]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001). A multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed only ADP discordance was independently associated with MACE (odds ratio, 6.42 [95% CI, 2.94-14.0]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.001). When stratified by peak hsTnT level, there were no differences in MACE between ADP-concordant and -discordant discharges provided the peak hsTnT measured was less than 12 ng\/L. In contrast, patients with peak hsTnT level between 12 and 51 ng\/L were significantly more likely to have MACE if they were discharged after ADP-discordant vs -concordant hsTnT series (14 of 609 [2.30%] vs 5 of 1047 [0.48%]; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.002). Notably, a HEART (history, electrocardiogram, age, risk factors, troponin) score of 4 or greater retrospectively identified the most ADP-discordant discharges (13 of 16 [81.3%]) who had MACE.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this cohort study, an hsTnT ADP identified patients who could be discharged from the ED with low 30-day risk of MACE, provided the discharge was based on ADP-concordant \u201crule-out.\u201d Conversely, the rate of MACE was significantly higher among patients discharged despite ADP discordance. 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