22
Treatment
Figure 7. Patient-Centric Algorithms for Acute Chest Pain
Evaluate for
noncardiac causes
(Section 4.3)
YES
NO
Evaluate for stable
chest pain
(Section 5)
Acute chest
pain?
Potential
cardiac cause?
STEMI?
Follow STEMI
guidelines
(1)
NO
Evaluate based on
suspected etiology using
patient centric algorithms
Acute coronary
syndrome (not
including STEMI)
(Section 4.1)
Acute aortic
syndrome
(Section 4.2.1)
Pulmonary
embolism
(Section 4.2.2)
Acute
myopericarditis
(Section 4.2.3)
Valvular heart
disease
(Section 4.2.4)
ECG
(1)
NO
YES
History
+
physical examination
