Coronary artery disease

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• Coronary artery disease · Jun 2017

  Review Case Reports

  Plaque erosion causing ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: report of an optical coherence tomography-documented case and concise literature review.

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• Coronary artery disease · Jun 2017

  Observational Study

  Clinical utility of the HEART score in patients admitted with chest pain to an inner-city hospital in the USA.

  Chest pain is one of the most common presentations to a hospital, and appropriate triaging of these patients can be challenging. The HEART score has been used for such purposes in some countries and only a few validation studies from the USA are available. We aim to determine the utility of the HEART score in patients presenting with chest pain to an inner-city hospital in the USA. ⋯ HEART score of at least 4 was predictive of worse outcomes in patients with chest pain in an inner-city USA hospital. If validated in multicenter prospective studies, the HEART score could potentially be useful in risk-stratifying patients presenting with chest pain in the USA and could impact clinical decision-making.

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