Annals of Middle Eastern Medicine
Systematic review and meta-analysis of predictors of major adverse cardiac events among patients with chest pain and a low HEART score in the emergency department
By Faisal Alhumaidi Alruways, Abdulaziz Mohammed Alrasheed, Omar Ayidh Alotaibi and 12 others.
Abstract
Background
The HEART score is widely used for rapid risk stratification of patients presenting to emergency departments with chest pain. However, a small proportion of patients classified as low risk (score ≤3) still experience major adverse cardiac events (MACE). This review evaluated the residual MACE risk and the diagnostic performance of the HEART score ≤3 threshold.
