Pulmonary Trunk
Left Main Coronary Artery
First
Septal Perforator
Right Coronary
Arte RCA)
~ : «__ Left Circumflex
Artery (LCX)
First
Right
Ventricular Diagonal
Marginal
branch Left Anterior
Rescencing
Posterior Artery (LAD)
Descending
Artery (PDA)
Posterolateral
Branch of LCXMultiples of the URL
100
+— Cardiac troponin
Days after onset of AMI
Upper reference limitAlgorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Patients Having an Chest Pain
I
Evaluate for Angina’
i q 4
Chest pain suggestive of ACS
Non cardiac chest pain Chronic Stable Angina
Treatmentas indicated Protocclfor No ST Elevation ST Elevation
by alternative clagnosis Chronic Stable Angina jl |
¥ + Evaluate for
Non dlagnosic ECS ‘STT changes reperiusion therapy
Normal ital biomerkers On going pain
ve Biomarkers
Hemodynamic instability
(Observe: Follow-up at 4-8 hours; +
ECG, card.ac biomarkers Aan to hospital SSApa SIEM
I Ant-ischemia therapy
{ 1 t
No recurent pain, Recurrent ischemic pain,
Negative follow-up studies Dizonosis of ACS canfirmed
+
Stress study for pravocsble ischemia
Considr evaluation of LY function if ischemia present
(Test may be performed either prior to discharge or as outpatient)
+ +
Negative Pbtential diagnosis, Positive
Non-carciac chest pain Diagnosis of ACS confirmed