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GuidelineClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2015

Criteria of the German Society of Cardiology for the establishment of chest pain units: update 2014.

Felix Post, Tommaso Gori, Evangelos Giannitsis, Harald Darius, Stephan Baldus, Christian Hamm, Rainer Hambrecht, Hans Martin Hofmeister, Hugo Katus, Stefan Perings and 2 more

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In one paragraph

Guideline in Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Dual antiplatelet pre-treatment with aspirin and ticagrelor in ACS patients undergoing unplanned aortocoronary bypass surgery.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025
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  11. [Emergency Medicine : What do we need?]Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2018
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  13. Intermediate care units : Recommendations on facilities and structure.Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2018
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  15. [Structured bedside-ultrasound in intensive care medicine].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2017
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  16. Limits of the possible: diagnostic image quality in coronary angiography with third-generation dual-source CT.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2017
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  17. [Cardiac causes of chest pain].Der Internist · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Felix PostKatholisches Klinikum Koblenz Montabaur, Koblenz, Germany.
Tommaso GoriII. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
Evangelos GiannitsisKlinik für KardiologieAngiologie und Pneumonologie, Heidelberg, Germany.
Harald DariusDepartment für Kardiologie, Innere Medizin und Intensivmedizin, Vivantes-Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany.
Stephan BaldusKlinikum III für Innere Medizin Uniklinik Köln, Cologne, Germany.
Christian HammKerkhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
Rainer HambrechtKlinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Herzzentrum Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
Hans Martin HofmeisterKardiologie und allgemeine Innere Medizin, Solingen, Germany.
Hugo KatusKlinik für KardiologieAngiologie und Pneumonologie, Heidelberg, Germany.
Stefan PeringsCardiozentrum, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Jochen SengesInstitut für Herzinfarktforschung, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
Thomas MünzelII. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany. tmuenzel@uni-mainz.de.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since 2008, the German Cardiac Society (DGK) has been establishing a network of certified chest pain units (CPUs). The goal of CPUs was and is to carry out differential diagnostics of acute or newly occurring chest pain of undetermined origin in a rapid and goal-oriented manner and to take immediate therapeutic measures. The basis for the previous certification process was criteria that have been established and published by the task force on CPUs. These criteria regulate the spatial and technical requirements and determine diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in patients with chest pain. Furthermore, the requirements for the organization of CPUs and the training requirements for the staff of a CPU are defined. The certification process is carried out by the DGK; currently, 225 CPUs are certified and 139 CPUs have been recertified after running for a period of 3 years. The certification criteria have now been revised and updated according to new guidelines.

Indexed as

CardiologyCertificationChest PainEmergency Service, HospitalGermanyHumansModels, OrganizationalSocieties, MedicalCertificationChest painRequirements network guidelines

Identifiers

PMID26150114
PMCPMC4623090

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