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2020 Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) in Patients Presenting without Persistent ST-Segment Elevation (Management of) Guidelines

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

The clinical presentation of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) is broad. It ranges from cardiac arrest, electrical or haemodynamic instability with cardiogenic shock (CS) due to ongoing ischaemia or mechanical complications such as severe mitral regurgitation, to patients who are already pain free again at the time of presentation.

The leading symptominitiating the diagnostic and therapeutic cascade in patients with suspected ACS is acute chest discomfort described as pain, pressure, tightness, and burning. Chest pain-equivalent symptoms may include dyspnoea, epigastric pain, and pain in the left arm.

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Imaging
Acute Cardiac Care
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Guidelines version available to download
Full text
Published in 2020
Reference doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa575
Corrigendum
Published in 2021
Reference doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab088
Corrigendum
Published in 2020
Reference 10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa895
Q&A
Published in 2020
Reference doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa601
Q&A
Published in 2020
Reference doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa602
Pocket guidelines
Published in 2020
Reference TOC NSTE-ACS Pocket Guidelines
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Published in 2020
Reference ESC Pocket Guidelines App
Slide-set
Published in 2021
Reference 123 Slides
Declarations of interest
Endorsed by cardiac societies
Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Czech Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , French Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , North Macedonian Society of Cardiology , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Romanian Society of Cardiology , Russian Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Tunisian Society of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery , Turkish Society of Cardiology , Ukrainian Association of Cardiology , Association of Cardiologists of Uzbekistan
Previous version available to download
Full text
Published in 2015
Reference European Heart Journal, doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehv320
Web addenda
Published in 2015
Reference Web Addenda - doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv320
Q&A
Published in 2015
Reference Q&A antithrombotic treatment NSTE-ACS GL - doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv407
Q&A
Published in 2015
Reference Q&A myocardial revascularization NSTE-ACS GL - doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv408
Q&A
Published in 2015
Reference Q&A diagnosis and risk assessment NSTE-ACS GL - doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv409
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Published in 2011
Reference Addenda
Full text
Published in 2011
Reference European Heart Journal (2011) 32, 2999–3054

 

 

 
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