Coronary artery disease prediction in women and men using chest pain characteristics and risk factors: an observational study in outpatient clinics

Abstract

In both sexes, the diagnostic value of non-acute chest pain characteristics and risk factors for coronary artery disease was high. Provocation, relief at rest and functional class of chest pain were the most powerful diagnostic predictors in both women and men. When stratified by sex the performance of the model improved, mostly in women.