HEART Failure? Episodes of Missed Major Cardiac Events When Applying the HEART Pathway to an Observation Unit Population

Conclusions: While the HEART Pathway identifies a pooled population at low risk for MACE, risk is not homogenous within this population. Patients with a score of 3 may have higher risk of 42-day MACE that may be unacceptable to some providers, while scores ≤2 saw no events. Caution is advised for those with HEART Pathway score of 3 until more data is available to accurately estimate risk.
Source: Critical Pathways in Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research