In primary care, chest wall pain is the most common cause of chest pain (46.6%), while stable ischaemic heart disease and acute coronary syndrome account for 11.1% and 3.6% of cases, respectively.
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Chest wall pain predominates in primary care; leaves open whether refined triage improves cardiac rule-out without prospective validation.
Bösner et al. (2009) studied this question.
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