ReviewCardiology research2022
A Closer Look at the HEART Score.
Review in Cardiology research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- HEART Score Distribution and Association with In-Hospital Management and Outcomes in COVID-19 Survivors Presenting with Acute Chest Pain.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- FIB-4, a surrogate marker of liver fibrosis, predicts mortality and adverse events after acute myocardial ınfarction.Internal and emergency medicine · 2026Observational
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- Clinical Characteristics, Risk Score Distribution, and Hospitalization Status in Emergency Department Patients with Acute Chest Pain: A Single-Center Retrospective Four-Year Study.Clinics and practice · 2026Article
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- Adult Triage in the Emergency Department: Introducing a Multi-Layer Triage System.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- HEART Score: Prospective Evaluation of Its Accuracy and Applicability.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Pre-hospital evaluation of chest pain patients using the modified HEART-score: rationale and design.Future cardiology · 2024Observational
- Pediatric Chest Pain: A Review of Diagnostic Tools in the Pediatric Emergency Department.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Derivation of a HEAR Pathway for Emergency Department Chest Pain Patients to Safely Avoid a Second Troponin Test.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The history, electrocardiogram, age, risk factors, and troponin (HEART) score is currently a widely used tool for acute chest pain risk stratification. Relatively soon after its inception in 2008, a number of validation studies on the HEART score showed it to be superior to Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) and Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) scores and at least as accurate to other existing scores for predicting short-term major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs). However, partly due to its focus on simplicity, the HEART score has some limitations. In this article we review how the HEART score has evolved and taken on various modifications to circumvent some of its limitations. We also highlight the strength of the HEART score in comparison with other risk stratification tools and the current guidelines.
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