Comparative study of chest pain characteristics in patients with normal and abnormal coronary angiograms

摘要

Conclusions-Chest pain characteristics which separate patients with normal coronary angiograms from patients with obstructive coronary heart disease can be defined objectively. This may allow improvements in referral patterns for specialist opinion or angiography, and in characterisation of patients in research studies. Objective-To improve the characterisa- Tion of chest pain by comparing symp- Toms in patients with normal and Abnormal coronary angiograms. Study design-Prospective case-control Study.