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Acute coronary syndrome

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Prevalence

Unstable angina is a common cause of chest pain 

Note:

  • One in four patients with chest pain have unstable angina (24%: 95% CI: 21% to 27%) a - the risk is higher in elderly patients (44%: 95% CI: 42% to 45%). a  

 

 

Expiry date: June 2003
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Authors   CM   Ball , N   Shenker
Reviewer   I K   Jang
CAT Writers   N   Shenker , CJ   Wotton , CM   Ball , RS   Phillips