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Chest Pain (Management of)

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

Topics: Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS)

22/03/2002 00:00:00

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2002Full TextEHJ 2002;23:1153-1176363 KB

Authors

L. Erhardt EFESC (Chairman), J. Herlitz FESC (Secretary), L. Bossaert FESC, M. Halinen FESC, M. Keltai FESC, R. Koster, C. Marcassa, T. Quinn FESC and H. van Weert

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Table of contents: Full Text (ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines)

Epidemiology

Symptoms and clinical findings

Diagnostic tests in acute chest pain

  • The electrocardiogram, Biochemical markers, Imaging techniques

Clinical decision making

The five doors and the fast track

  1. The first: the patient
  2. The second: the general practitioner
  3. The third: the dispatch centre
  4. The fourth: the ambulance
  5. The fifth: the hospital

Quality assessment

Previous versions

A complete list of ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines (current and previous versions) endorsed by ESC National Society Members is available here