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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Heart. 2007 Jul 16;94(2):e2. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2006.111674

Table 5.

Symptoms of a subset of 1,356 interviewed patients according to documentation of ischaemic symptoms.

Symptoms reported at interview Patients reporting symptoms N (%) p value
No documented Ischaemic Symptoms (N=122) Documented Ischaemic Symptoms (N=1,234)
Chest pain 45 (37%) 898 (73%) <0.001
Chest pain or referred pain* 60 (49%) 1,064 (86%) <0.001
Chest pain, referred pain* or dyspnoea 83 (68%) 1,131 (92%) <0.001
Chest pain, referred pain,* dyspnoea, nausea or Diaphoresis 87 (71%) 1,147 (93%) <0.001
Chest pain, referred pain,* dyspnoea, nausea, diaphoresis, weakness or lightheadedness or syncope 92 (75%) 1,161 (94%) <0.001
*

Referred pain: discomfort in the neck, shoulder, jaw, arm, back, or epigastrium.