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Table 1 Characteristics of 157 consecutive patients with suspected ACS in the ED of Lund University Hospital and comparison with previous surveys in Gothenburg [5] and the USA [7].

From: Patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome in a university hospital emergency department: an observational study

  

%

Karlson et al. 1991, n = 7157

Pope et al. 1998, n = 10700

Pain/discomfort, localisation

Chest pain/discomfort

80

93*

76

 

Left arm

34

  
 

Pain/discomfort elsewhere

30

  
 

Pain/discomfort in ED

61

  
 

Other reason for inclusion

20

  

Risk factors

Family history of IHD

46

  
 

Diabetes

12

8

21*

 

Smoking

17

33*

 
 

Treated hypercholesterolemia

28

  
 

Overweight (BMI>25)

34

  
 

Hypertension

32

24*

 

Cardiovascular history

Angina Pectoris

42

39

37

 

Myocardial infarction

32

24*

26

 

CABG/PTCA

25

  
 

Intermittent claudication

5

  
 

Stroke

8

  
 

Heart failure

12

18*

 
  1. *P < 0.05 compared with the present data (z-test).