Clinically relevant adverse cardiovascular events in intermediate heart score patients admitted to the hospital following a negative emergency department evaluation

• Published in: The American journal of emergency medicine Vol. 46; pp. 469 - 475
• Main Authors: Spiegel, Rory, Sutherland, Mark, Brown, Robert, Honasoge, Akilesh, Witting, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Elsevier Inc 01.08.2021; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndrome; Acute coronary syndromes; Calcium-binding protein; Cardiac arrhythmia; Cardiac catheterization; Cardiovascular disease; Catheterization; Coronary vessels; EKG; Electronic health records; Emergency; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Heart attacks; Heart surgery; Implants; Intubation; Medical imaging; Pain; Patients; Physicians; The HEART score; Troponin; United States > US; Acute coronary syndrome; The HEART score

Study objective: To estimate the frequency of clinically relevant adverse cardiac events (CRACE) in patients admitted to the hospital for chest pain with an intermediate HEART score (4, 5, 6), non-diagnostic EKG, and a negative initial troponin. We conducted a retrospective analysis of all patients...