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 Stępińska, M. Lettino, Ingo Ahrens, Héctor Bueno, Luis Garcı́a-Castrillo, Abdo Khoury, Patrizio Lancellotti, Christian Mueller, Thomas Muenzel, Anna Oleksiak, Roberta Petrino, Maria Rubini Guimenez, Doron Zahger, Christiaan Vrints, Sigrun Halvorsen, Elia De Maria, Gregory Y.H. Lip, Roberta Rossini, Marc J. Claeys, Kurt Huber
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.
Topics & Concepts
Chest painTriageEmergency departmentMedicineAcute coronary syndromeRisk stratificationPosition paperTask forceAcute painEmergency medicineIntensive care medicineMedical emergencyCardiologyInternal medicineMyocardial infarctionPathologyNursingPolitical sciencePublic administrationAnesthesiaAcute Myocardial Infarction ResearchCardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes