Diagnostic Impact of Hs-CRP and IL-6 for Acute Coronary Syndrome in Patients Admitted to the ED with Chest Pain: Added Value to the HEART Score?

Khalil RafiqiCamilla Bang HoeksBo LøfgrenMartin Bødtker MortensenJens M Bruun

Published in: Open access emergency medicine : OAEM (2023)

Among the 818 patients admitted to the ED with chest pain suggestive of ACS, neither hs-CRP nor IL-6 provided an independent added diagnostic value. Our results suggest that inflammatory markers have limited diagnostic value in detecting patients with ACS in the ED.

Keyphrases

acute coronary syndrome
emergency department
antiplatelet therapy
percutaneous coronary intervention
heart failure