[A clinical screening can predict coronary artery disease in women].
OBJECTIVE
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in women. Approximately one of every two women will die of some cardiovascular event, such as myocardial infarction. Thereby, the significance of discarding or confirming coronary artery disease in women presenting with chest pain. The objective of this trial was to demonstrate that on the bases of the Douglas and Ginsburg's clinic screening, it is possible to predict the existence of coronary artery disease in the angiography.


METHODS
For this research only women with angina pectoris were included. These were 189 patients (cineangiographies) whose clinical determinants and angiographic findings were related.


RESULTS
Taking in to account the estimated likelihood, there was a low-risk group A with 29 patients, a moderate-risk group B with 55 patients and a high-risk group C with 105 patients. There was no significant coronary artery disease in the first group, there was a significant coronary artery disease in 13 patients in the second group and 72 patients in the third group. Group A had 0%, 72%, 0% and 47%, group B 15.2%, 59.6%, 23.6% and 46.3%, and group C had 84.7%, 68.3%, 68.5% and 84.5%, of sensibility, specificity, positive and negative predictive value, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The usage of the Douglas and Ginsburg's clinic Screening is very effective at the time of deciding whether to perform a coronary angiograpy or not, and it has very good correlation between the probability degree and the presence of coronary artery disease in the coronary angiography.
Volmaro
J A
JA
Instituto de Cardiología, Hospital Italiano (ICHI), Córdoba, Argentina. jvolmaro@satlink.com
Martellotto
R A
RA
Simondi
H
H
Colque
R M
RM
Sued
R M
RM
Pieroni
M D
MD
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011336:Probability; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity