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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2016 Dec;15(4):131–137. doi: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000095

TABLE 1.

HEART Score5

Factor Value Points*
History Highly suspicious (2)
Moderately suspicious (1)
Slightly suspicious (0)
0–2
EKG Significant ST-depression (2)
Nonspecific repolarization disturbance (1)
Normal (0)
0–2
Age ≥65 years (2)
45–64 years (1)
<45 years (0)
0–2
Risk factors ≥3 risk factors or history of atherosclerotic disease (2)
1–2 risk factors (1)
No risk factors known (0)
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension
Diabetes mellitus
Cigarette smoking
Positive family history
Obesity
0–2
Troponin >3× normal limit (2)
1–3× normal limit (1)
<normal limit (0)
0–2
*

0–3 = low risk; 4–6 = intermediate risk; 7–10 = high risk.