Table 1.

Components of the Marburg Heart Score

Score item	Assigned points
Sex/age (female ≥65, male ≥55)	1
Known clinical vascular diseasea	1
Patient assumes cardiac origin of pain	1
Pain worse with exercise	1
Pain not reproducible by palpation	1

^aIncluding coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, or peripheral artery disease. 1 point is assigned for each score variable; three different risk categories are derived (low risk = 0–2 points; intermediate risk = 3 points; high risk = 4–5 points).