HEART Risk Score for Chest Pain Patients

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Score 0 – 3 = 2.5% MACE over next 6 wks = Discharge home

Score 4 – 6 = 20.3% MACE over next 6 wks = Obs admit

Score 7 – 10 = 72.7% MACE over next 6 wks = Early invasive Rx

“Chest Pain in the Emergency Room: A Multicenter Validation of the HEART Score”. Backus BE, Six AJ, Kelder JC, Mast TP, van den Akker F, Mast EG, Monnink SH, van Tooren RM, Doevendans PA. Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2010 Sep; 9(3): 164-169.

“A prospective validation of the HEART score for chest pain patients at the emergency department.” Int J Cardiol. 2013 Oct 3;168(3):2153-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.255. Epub 2013 Mar 7.