Why the study?
Do specific chest pain characteristics differentiate patients with normal coronary angiograms from those with obstructive coronary heart disease?
Population
130 patients
Comparison
Standardised chest pain questionnaires vs Patients with normal coronary angiograms versus…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May aid symptom-based differentiation of chest pain etiologies; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Do specific chest pain characteristics differentiate patients with normal coronary angiograms from those with obstructive coronary heart disease?
Specific chest pain characteristics, such as consistency with exercise, duration, and frequency at rest, can objectively differentiate patients with normal coronary angiograms from those with obstructive coronary disease.
Cooke et al. (1997) studied this question.
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