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Table 1 Incidence and prognosis of nonspecific chest pain among 24,829 patients admitted to hospital to rule out acute coronary syndrome.

From: Prevalence and prognosis of non-specific chest pain among patients hospitalized for suspected acute coronary syndrome - a systematic literature search

    

NSCP

Follow-up of NSCP patients

Study

Year

n

ACS/high risk

n (%)

CHD+

CHD-

Total

n (%)

n

Time.

month

Mortality

n (%)

Readmissions

n (%)

Panju (7)

1996

1,235

1,077 (87)

12

146

158 (13)

100

36

3 (3)

19 (19)

Bholashing (8)a

2001

2,271

791 (35)

n.a.

n.a.

1,480 (65)

653

24

16 (2.5)b

n.a.

Cassin (9)

2002

570

224 (39)

n.a.

n.a.

346 (61)

266

12

4 (1.5)

n.a.

Edmon (10)

2002

423

269 (64)

59

95

154 (36)

152

12

5 (3.3)

33 (22)

Conti (11)

2002

13,762

9,335 (68)

n.a.

n.a.

4,427 (32)

870

6

0

n.a.

Menown (12)

2003

391

196 (50)

158

37

195 (50)

195

12

8 (4)

46 (18)

Spalding (13)

2003

250

142 (57)

24

84

108 (43)

103

12

3 (2.9)

14 (14)

Shaver (14)

2004

999

307 (31)

n.a.

n.a.

692 (61)

692

12

n.a.

277 (40)

Aune (15)a

2006

755

366 (48)

164

225

389 (52)

389

12

22 (5.7)

n.a.

Aune (16,17)a

2010

934

363 (39)

203

368

571 (61)

571

12

18 (3.2)

n.a.

Leise (18)

2010

1,973

1,608 (82)

n.a.

n.a.

356 (18)

320

240

90 (28)

157 (49)

Ravn-Fischer (20)

2011

1,266

234 (18)

n.a.

n.a.

1,032 (82)

234

12

84 (8.1)

n.a.

  1. Mortality and readmission percentages have been converted to annual rates. aCitations were not within the systematic search; bcardiac, not total, death rate. ACS, acute coronary syndrome; CHD, coronary heart disease; n, number; NSCP, Non-specific chest pain