Professor Kelvin Jordan, project lead and Professor of Biostatistics at Keele University’s School of Medicine, said at the time of publication: “Chest pain is a common reason to go and see a GP. There are many potential causes of this pain and often patients do not receive a specific diagnosis.
“Our study suggests that these patients are more likely to have a future heart attack than patients given a non-cardiac reason for their chest pain.
“We now aim to identify common factors in patients who did go on to suffer a heart attack. This information will help GPs identify those patients with unexplained chest pain who are most at risk so they can be offered medication or further support at an earlier stage to reduce likelihood of a future heart attack.”
Professor Melanie Davies, Director of the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, added: “This research points to a potential new route to identifying people with an increased risk of having a heart attack, so they can be targeted with bespoke prevention advice – collaborative research like this is crucial for NIHR’s aim of delivering the best research for improved health for everyone.”
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