Heart Rate Variability as a Predictor of Ischemic Heart Disease
Heart Rate Variability as a Predictor of Ischemic Heart Disease
Identification of patients who are at highest risk for heart attack is an important task for
 emergency medicine physicians. Currently, physicians use a variety of different scoring
 systems to stratify their risk for having a heart attack. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a
 measure derived from noninvasive cardiac monitoring. This data is collected from a simple,
 non-invasive chest strap during a 10-minute recording session. The purpose of this proposal
 is to collect heart rate variability data on patients admitted to the emergency department
 with chest pain. The intent is to measure the association between heart rate variability and
 the various risk stratification scoring systems for chest pain.
Identification of patients who are at highest risk for heart attack is an important task for
 emergency medicine physicians. Currently, physicians use a variety of different scoring
 systems to stratify their risk for having a heart attack. Heart rate variability (HRV) is a
 measure derived from noninvasive cardiac monitoring. This data is collected from a simple,
 non-invasive chest strap during a 10-minute recording session. The purpose of this proposal
 is to collect heart rate variability data on patients admitted to the emergency department
 with chest pain. The intent is to measure the association between heart rate variability and
 the various risk stratification scoring systems for chest pain.

 The investigators propose to enroll patients admitted to the emergency department with chest
 pain. In addition to HRV data, clinical risk factors will be obtained, using validated
 clinical risk scoring systems. The team will follow patient's clinical course in order to
 include information about the determined cause of chest pain. The goal is to understand how
 HRV can augment common risk stratification scoring systems for patient presenting to the ED
 with chest pain.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  Chest pain in ED

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  STEMI

 -  Prisoners

 -  Pregnant women

 -  Unable to consent