Table 4 Probabilities of Coronary Artery Disease (as percentages) in patients with chest pain in Primary Care
From: Clinical assessment of patients with chest pain; a systematic review of predictive tools
Female <65 or Male <55 | Female ≥65 or Male ≥55 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Known CVD | No known CVD | Known CVD | No known CVD | ||||||
Pain reproducible by palpation | Pain not reproducible by palpation | Pain reproducible by palpation | Pain not reproducible by palpation | Pain reproducible by palpation | Pain not reproducible by palpation | Pain reproducible by palpation | Pain not reproducible by palpation | ||
Pain worse during exercise | Patient attributes pain to cardiac origin | 21 | 63 | 5 | 24 | 48 | 86 | 15 | 53 |
Patient attributes pain to cardiac origin | 8 | 34 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 65 | 5 | 26 | |
Pain not worse during exercise | Patient attributes pain to cardiac origin | 5 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 55 | 3 | 19 |
Patient attributes pain to cardiac origin | 2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 1 | 7 | |