Hospital Admission Despite Low-Risk History, Electrocardiogram, Age, Risk factors, and Troponin (HEART) Scores and 30-Day Outcomes in Emergency Department Chest Pain
Hao Wang, Eric Chou, Richard D Robinson, Nicholas Saltarelli, Garrett Johnson, Sarah Merchant, Emily Morales, Jessica J Kirby · 2026
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Emergency patients with chest pain and low-risk scores are sometimes admitted anyway, and Hao Wang and co-authors ask whether those admissions flag hidden risk, in this 2026 study. The HEART score rates chest pain patients using history, heart tracing, age, risk factors, and a blood test. Scores under four mark a patient as low risk.
The team reviewed records from six emergency departments over three years. Among more than thirty-three thousand low-risk patients, about six percent were admitted against the score. Serious heart events within thirty days were rare overall, at well under one percent. The study tests whether the doctors' choice to admit added warning value beyond the score itself.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hao Wang, Eric Chou, Richard D Robinson, Nicholas Saltarelli, Garrett Johnson, Sarah Merchant, Emily Morales, Jessica J Kirby |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |