Nov 15 2008

ECGs no better than routine clinical assessment at predicting heart disease

Given that ECGs are routine in most UK chest pain clinics, the finding shows that better risk stratification is needed for angina patients, the researchers say.

Basic clinical assessments and resting ECGs were collected for 8,176 patients with suspected angina, of whom 4,848 also had summary exercise ECGs recorded and 1,422 had detailed exercise ECGs recorded.

The researchers found that the basic clinical assessment encompassed Read more »