Performance of a simplified HEART score and HEART-GP score for evaluating chest pain in urgent primary care.

Ralf E HarskampM KletonI H SmitsA MantenJ C L HimmelreichH C P M van WeertR P RietveldW A M Lucassen

Published in: Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation (2021)

HEART-score modifications including the physicians' 'sense of alarm' may be used as a risk stratification tool for chest pain in primary care in the absence of routine access to troponin assays. Further validation is warranted.

Keyphrases

primary care
heart failure
atrial fibrillation
general practice
high throughput
clinical practice
single cell