Nursing research
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Symptoms, a key element in the patient's decision to seek care, are critical to appropriate triage, and influence decisions to pursue further evaluation and initiation of treatment. Although many studies have described symptoms associated with acute coronary syndromes (ACS), few, if any, have examined symptom predictors of ACS and whether they differ by patients' age. ⋯ Typical symptoms are predictive of ACS in younger patients and less predictive in older patients.