An Italian registry of chest pain patients in the emergency department: clinical predictors of acute coronary syndrome

Autor: Andrea Orsi, Maria Antonietta Bressan, Mario Cavazza, Cecilia Trucchi, Alessio Bertini, Silvia Caristia, Stefania Longo, Luca Molinari, Gian Carlo Avanzi, Ballarino P, Luigi Mario Castello, Paolo Moscatelli, Filippo Patrucco, Mauro Gallitelli, Laura Bonfanti, Filippo Ansaldi, Rossella Marino, Giuseppe Carpinteri, Francesco Gavelli, Fiorella Altomonte, Pier Paolo Sainaghi, Paola Noto, Paolo Cremonesi, Salvatore Di Somma, Gianfranco Cervellin
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Minerva Medica. 111
ISSN: 1827-1669
0026-4806
Popis: BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to describe the population of patients arriving in several Italian Emergency Departments (EDs) complaining of chest pain suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in order to evaluate the incidence of ACS in this cohort and the association between ACS and different clinical parameters and risk factors. METHODS This is an observational prospective study, conducted from the 1st January to the 31st December 2014 in 11 EDs in Italy. Patients presenting to ED with chest pain, suggestive of ACS, were consecutively enrolled. RESULTS Patients with a diagnosis of ACS (N.=1800) resulted to be statistically significant older than those without ACS (NO ACS; N.=4630) (median age: 70 vs. 59, P
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