Why the study?
Do the Manchester triage system and HEART score accurately predict short-term MACE in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain?
Population
233 patients admitted to the emergency department of a tertiary hospital with chest pain as the presenting…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 weeks
Authors
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HEART score showed strong MACE discrimination in ED chest pain; leaves open prospective validation before changing triage practice.
Do the Manchester triage system and HEART score accurately predict short-term MACE in patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain?
The HEART score demonstrates high discriminatory power (c-statistic 0.880) for predicting 6-week MACE in emergency department patients presenting with chest pain.
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