EDACS identified more low risk patients than HEART, but HEART currently has more robust external validation. References: ADVERTISEMENT Six AJ, Backus BE, Kelder JC. Chest pain in the emergency room: value of the HEART score.Neth Heart J. 2008; 16(6):191-196. Backus BE, Six AJ, Kelder ...
HEART risk score >6 correctly predicted MACE cases with sensitivity and specificity of 77.46% and 48.28%, respectively. However, EDACS score >18 correctly predicted MACE cases with sensitivity and specificity of 42.25% and 75.86%, respectively.Conclusion:This study concludes that HEART score has ...
When combined with 0-hour/1-hour hs-cTnT testing, the HEART Pathway and EDACS-ADP identified 49.8% and 49.6% of the patients for rule-out, with NPVs for 30-day MACE of 99.8% and 99.1%, compared with the HEART score alone that identified 53.4% of the patients for rule-out with ...