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Telemedicine has been conversely hypothesized to carry an excess of false-positive diagnoses; however, comparisons with a traditional diagnostic process at non-percutaneous coronary intervention capable (\u201cSpoke\u201d) hospitals are lacking\n                      <jats:bold>.<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This multicenter case\u2013control study retrospectively included 1001 consecutive patients with an initial diagnosis of STEMI or very high risk (VHR) non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome who were referred from January 2018 to December 2021 to the Apulian STEMI network after an \u201cin-presence\u201d clinical evaluation at a Spoke center or a remote telemedicine-supported assessment. The comparative performance of both approaches has been evaluated by comparing the running diagnosis with the discharge diagnosis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>TEMS and Spoke groups included 470 and 531 patients, respectively. False-positive diagnoses occurred in 21.3% and 35.8% of the TEMS and Spoke patients, respectively (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). Spoke group showed a higher number of discharge diagnoses of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction without VHR features (p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), myocardial infarction with no obstruction of coronary arteries (p\u2009=\u20090.033), and myocarditis (p\u2009=\u20090.007). Overall, the main predictors of false-positive diagnoses were the referral from Spoke center, chronic kidney disease, and ongoing oral anticoagulation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Telemedicine showed lower false-positive rate compared with an on-site clinical cardiological assessment. 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