Chest Pain, Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk, and Cardiology Referral in Primary Care

Chest pain and ischaemic heart disease in primary care.

BACKGROUND Chest pain is the main symptom of first presentation with ischaemic heart disease (IHD). Little is known about the incidence of IHD among patients consulting the general practitioner (GP) for chest pain. AIMS To estimate the occurrence of IHD among patients consulting for chest pain, to study the results of the bicycle exercise test, and to estimate the incidence of IHD in the popu...

Prognostic value of reported chest pain for cardiovascular risk stratification in primary care.

BACKGROUND The prognostic significance of chest pain is well established in patients with coronary artery disease, but still ill defined in primary prevention. Therefore, the aim of our analysis was to assess the prognostic value of different forms of chest pain in a large cohort of primary care subjects under the conditions of contemporary modalities of care in primary prevention, including me...

[Cardiovascular disease epidemiology and risk factors in primary care].

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To study the prevalence of and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in primary care. PATIENTS AND METHOD A cross-sectional study was carried out at an urban health center in Barcelona, Spain. In total, 2248 patients > or =15 years old were selected randomly from medical records. The study investigated cardiovascular diseases such as ischemic heart disease, cereb...

Cardiovascular disease in primary care: concordance and risk reduction.

Chest pain and shortness of breath in cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study in UK primary care

OBJECTIVE To determine characteristics associated with monthly chest pain and shortness of breath (SoB) during activity in cardiovascular disease (CVD) and trajectories of these symptoms over 10 months. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Baseline questionnaire was sent to patients aged ≥40 years from 10 UK general practices. Responders were sent monthly questionnaires for 10 months. For patients with C...