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Chest pain clinical features and ECG helped diagnose myocardial infarction. Level of evidence 2a Expiry Date July 2003 Chest pain myocardial infarction: a clinical prediction rule can help identify high- or low-risk patients. Level of evidence 1a Expiry Date July 2003 Chest pain myocardial infarction was the commonest cause. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date March 2003 Chest pain low risk patients: no enzymatic changes or pain after 12 hours, make an MI very unlikely. Level of evidence 1a Expiry Date March 2003 Chest pain clinicians were fairly good at predicting MIs. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date July 2003 Chest pain CK-MB mass  was the best test for diagnosing MI, and ruled it out if negative at 20 hours. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date July 2003 Chest pain cardiac troponin T could help diagnose MI. Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date July 2003 Chest pain troponin T may rule out MI. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date July 2003 Chest pain stress testing could help diagnose multivessel ischaemic heart disease. Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date March 2003 Chest pain the type and position of pain was less helpful in the elderly at diagnosing MI. Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date March 2003 Chest pain clinical features and ECG helped in the initial diagnosis but cardiac enzymes did not. Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date March 2003 Chest pain clinical features suggestive of MI and ECG risk factors increased the risk of death. Level of evidence 1b Expiry Date March 2003 Chest pain abnormal oesophageal pH and motility did not rule out coronary artery disease. Level of evidence 4 Expiry Date March 2003 Chest pain serial ECGs may be useful in low risk patients. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date March 2003 Chest pain rapid evaluation schemes could exclude acute cardiac ischaemia. Level of evidence 2b Expiry Date March 2003