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. 2020 Feb;9(1):76-89.
doi: 10.1177/2048872619885346. Epub 2020 Jan 20.

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  1 , Maddelena Lettino  2 , Ingo Ahrens  3 , Hector Bueno  4 , Luis Garcia-Castrillo  5 , Abdo Khoury  6 , Patrizio Lancellotti  7 , Christian Mueller  8 , Thomas Muenzel  9 , Anna Oleksiak  1 , Roberta Petrino  10 , Maria Rubini Guimenez  8 , Doron Zahger  11 , Christiaan Jm Vrints  12 , Sigrun Halvorsen, Elia de Maria, Gregory Yh Lip, Roberta Rossini, Marc Claeys, Kurt Huber
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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 et al. Eur Heart J Acute Cardiovasc Care. 2020 Feb.
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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.

Keywords: Chest pain; acute myocardial infarction; biomarkers; troponin.

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