HEART-score can be simplified without loss of discriminatory power in patients with chest pain - Introducing the HET-score

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BACKGROUND: The History, Electrocardiogram (ECG), Age, Risk factors and Troponin, (HEART) score is useful for early risk stratification in chest pain patients. The aim was to validate previous findings that a simplified score using history, ECG and troponin (HET-score) has similar ability to stratify risk.

METHODS: Patients presenting with chest pain with duration of ≥10 min and an onset of last episode ≤12 h but without ST-segment elevation on ECG at 6 emergency departments were eligible for inclusion. The HEART-score and the simplified HET-score were calculated. The endpoint was a composite of myocardial infarction (MI) as index diagnosis, readmission due to new MI or death within 30 days.

RESULTS: HEART-score identified 32% as low risk (0-2p), 47% as intermediate risk (3-5p), and 20% as high risk (6-10p) patients. The endpoint occurred in 0.5%, 7.3% and 35.7%, respectively. HET-score identified 39%, 42% and 19% as low- (0p), intermediate- (1-2p) and high-risk (3-6p) patients, with the endpoint occurring in 0.6%, 6.2% and 43.2%, respectively. When all variables included in the HEART-score were included in a multivariable logistic regression analysis, only History (OR, CI [95%]): 2.97(2.16-4.09), ECG (1.61[1.14-2.28]) and troponin level (5.21[3.91-6.95]) were significantly associated with cardiovascular events. When HEART- and HET-score were compared in a ROC-analysis, HET-score had a significantly larger AUC (0.887 vs 0.853, p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Compared with HEART-score, HET-score is simpler and appears to have similar ability to discriminate between chest pain patients with and without cardiovascular event.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:74

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The American journal of emergency medicine - 74(2023) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 104-111

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Löfmark, Henrik [VerfasserIn]
Muhrbeck, Josephine [VerfasserIn]
Eggers, Kai M [VerfasserIn]
Linder, Rickard [VerfasserIn]
Ljung, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Martinsson, Arne [VerfasserIn]
Melki, Dina [VerfasserIn]
Sarkar, Nondita [VerfasserIn]
Svensson, Per [VerfasserIn]
Lindahl, Bertil [VerfasserIn]
Jernberg, Tomas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute coronary syndrome
Chest pain
Diagnosis
Journal Article
Prognosis
Score
Troponin

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Date Completed 24.11.2023

Date Revised 24.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ajem.2023.09.037

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NLM362984123