Diagnosis and risk stratification of chest pain patients in the emergency department: focus on acute coronary syndromes. A position paper of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association

Janina Stepinska, Maddelena Lettino, Ingo Ahrens, Hector Bueno, Luis Garcia-Castrillo, Abdo Khoury, Patrizio Lancellotti, Christian Mueller, Thomas Muenzel, Anna Oleksiak, Roberta Petrino, Maria Rubini Guimenez, Doron Zahger, Christiaan J.M. Vrints, Sigrun Halvorsen, Elia de Maria, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Roberta Rossini, Marc Claeys, Kurt Huber

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    Abstract

    This paper provides an update on the European Society of Cardiology task force report on the management of chest pain. Its main purpose is to provide an update on the decision algorithms and diagnostic pathways to be used in the emergency department for the assessment and triage of patients with chest pain symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndromes.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)76-89
    Number of pages14
    JournalEuropean Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care
    Volume9
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1 Feb 2020

    Keywords

    • Chest pain
    • acute myocardial infarction
    • biomarkers
    • troponin

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Medicine

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