Not all HEART scores are created equal: identifying "low-risk" patients at higher risk.
Kimon L H IoannidesBenjamin C SunAileen S BaeckerRita F RedbergMing-Sum LeeMaros FerencikYi-Lin WuErnest ShenChengyi ZhengVisanee MusigdilokStacy J ParkAdam L SharpPublished in: Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open (2020)
Among "low-risk" suspected acute coronary syndrome encounters, increasing points within each of the 5 categories demonstrated small increases in risk of death or acute myocardial infarction, with the troponin and ECG components representing the largest risk increases.