Why the study?
Does General Practitioners' assessment based on symptoms and signs alone accurately diagnose or exclude coronary heart disease or acute coronary syndrome in chest pain patients in primary care?
Does General Practitioners' assessment based on symptoms and signs alone accurately diagnose or exclude coronary heart disease or acute coronary syndrome in chest pain patients in primary care?
Clinical assessment by general practitioners using only symptoms and signs is insufficient to accurately rule in or rule out coronary heart disease in primary care chest pain patients.
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Supports caution against symptom-only GP assessment; leaves open optimal diagnostic strategies for primary care chest pain.
Bösner et al. (2010) studied this question.
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