Prognostic Utility of the HEART Score in the Observation Unit

In conclusion, our results suggest that patients with a HEART score ≤3 being evaluated for chest pain are at extremely low risk for major adverse cardiac events and may be safely discharged without provocative testing. Positive cardiac testing in this population is more likely to represent a false-positive finding, resulting in unnecessary testing. These findings should be prospectively validated.
Source: Critical Pathways in Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research