[tomatocracy]

In the UK, in addition to what the sibling comment mentioned about phone boxes, a lot of workplaces now have AEDs on site (eg I know mine does) and they're also common at large-scale events. I don't know if there are any statistics on how much good they've done but that seems like quite a sensible approach to me as you can presumably get quite a lot of population coverage quite cheaply.

By contrast, a CT coronary angiogram I suspect is rather more resource heavy - in particular I suspect having enough qualified cardiologists to interpret the results (not just having CT machines and staff to administer the test) might be a bottleneck (anecdotal, but having had one myself due to family history of heart disease, I had a longer wait for results after the scan than to get the scan itself).

[robbiep]

It’s risk stratification vs preventative care. You don’t WANT someone to have a heart attack and require the AED, because you’ve only got a 5-20% chance of making it out of hospital.

These things are not équivalant!!!

Risk stratification for AEDs at work and public events, whereas screening should increasingly be part of the plan particularly if you have a family history (defined as 1 or more relatives who died younger than 65 from a heart attack)

CTCA doesn’t require a cardiologist, just a radiologist, but a cardiologist referral makes it free (in australia) otherwise it’s $500. Which is pretty good really