Diagnostic and prognostic value of a careful symptom evaluation and high sensitive troponin in patients with suspected stable angina pectoris without prior cardiovascular disease.

•In stable chest-patients without cardiovascular disease the use of symptoms and high sensitive troponin was tested.•Patients at low-risk for having coronary disease or a poor clinival outcome within 5-years of follow-up could be identified.•The set-up used in this study may serve as a gatekeeper for coronary angiography, whether invasive or non-invasive.