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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Pathw Cardiol. 2017 Sep;16(3):102–104. doi: 10.1097/HPC.0000000000000119

Table 2.

Three Objective Models For Scoring the History Component of the HEART Score

Model 1 Model 2 Model 3

0 Points: 0 Points: 0 Points:
Atypical Only 0-2 Symptoms 1-2 Minor Only
1 Point: 1 Point: 1 Point:
Typical and Atypical 3-4 Symptoms >1 Major or >2 Minor
2 Points: 2 Points: 2 Points:
Typical Only >4 Symptoms >1 Major or Major + Minor

Typical: Symptoms: Major:
-Substernal chest pain -Substernal chest pain -Dyspnea
-Exertional chest pain -Exertional chest pain -Substernal chest pain
-Relief with nitroglycerin -Relief with nitroglycerin -Exertional chest pain
-Cold sweats/ diaphoresis -Weakness -Relief with nitroglycerin
-Pain in L arm -Nausea/ vomiting Minor:
-Jaw pain -Dyspnea -Weakness
Atypical: -Cold sweats/ diaphoresis -Nausea/ vomiting
-Weakness -Jaw/ teeth pain -Cold sweats/ diaphoresis
-Nausea -Neck pain -Jaw/ teeth pain
-Dyspnea -Pain in both arms -Neck pain
-Dizziness -Pain under shoulders -Pain in both arms
-Pain in both arms -Pain in L arm -Pain under shoulders
-Pain under shoulders -Dizziness -Pain in L arm
-Pain in R arm/ shoulder -Pain in R arm/ shoulder -Dizziness
-Neck pain -Pain in R arm/ shoulder