Determining cardiovascular risk in patients with unattributed chest pain in UK primary care: an electronic health record study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Most adults presenting in primary care with chest pain symptoms will not receive a diagnosis ('unattributed' chest pain) but are at increased risk of cardiovascular events. To assess within patients with unattributed chest pain, risk factors for cardiovascular events and whether those at greatest risk of cardiovascular disease can be ascertained by an existing general population risk prediction model or by development of a new model.

Methods and results

The study used UK primary care electronic health records from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink linked to admitted hospitalizations. Study population was patients aged 18 plus with recorded unattributed chest pain 2002-2018. Cardiovascular risk prediction models were developed with external validation and compariso

SUBMITTER: Jordan KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10442054 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature