Association of accompanying dyspnoea with diagnosis and outcome of patients presenting with acute chest discomfort.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The presence of accompanying dyspnoea is routinely assessed and common in patients presenting with acute chest pain/discomfort to the emergency department (ED). We aimed to assess the association of accompanying dyspnoea with differential diagnoses, diagnostic work-up, and outcome.

Methods and results

We enrolled patients presenting to the ED with chest pain/discomfort. Final diagnoses were adjudicated by independent cardiologists using all information including cardiac imaging. The primary diagnostic endpoint was the final diagnosis. The secondary diagnostic endpoint was the performance of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 0/1h-algorithms for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction (MI). The prognostic endpoints were

SUBMITTER: Boeddinghaus J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10243981 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature