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. 2015 May 7;4:219. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-0992-9

Table 4.

Diagnostic performances of chest pain history in percent (95% CI) in patients with non-ischemic ECG* and normal initial troponin T

Sensitivity Specificity LR+ LR-
Chest pain history
Typical of ACS 32 (25–39) 83 (81–86) 1.9 (1.4-2.5) 0.8 (0.7-0.9)
Typical of AMI± 11 (6–19) 93 (91–94) 1.6 (0.9-3.0) 1.0 (0.9-1.0)
Typical of UA≠ 45 (32–59) 90 (89–92) 4.7 (3.3-6.7) 0.6 (0.5-0.8)
Nonspecific for ACS 6 (3–11) 64 (61–67) 0.2 (0.1-0.3) 1.5 (1.4-1.6)
Not suspicious of ACS 0.3 (0–3) 60 (57–63) 0.01 (0.00-0.13) 1.7 (1.6-1.8)

LR, likelihood ratio; ACS, Acute coronary syndrome; AMI, Acute myocardial infarction; UA, Unstable angina pectoris.

*Normal ECG defined as the absence of ST-elevation, ST-depression, T-wave inversion, q-waves and LBBB.

± Calculated with AMI as outcome measure.

≠ Calculated with UA as outcome measure.