While acute coronary syndrome is a potentially fatal condition, there are other fatal etiologies of acute chest pain. The 2021 Chest Pain guidelines address these non-coronary causes of chest pain including pulmonary embolism, acute aortic dissection, myopericarditis and valvular heart disease. These require their own set of diagnostic testing and clinical suspicion.

JACC Editor-in-Chief
Julia Grapsa, MD, PhD, FACC

CME Editor
Nadeen N. Faza, MD, FACC

Authors
Tiffany Dong, MD
Wael A. Jaber, MD

Important Dates

Date of Release: January 5, 2022
Term of Approval/Date of CME/MOC/ECME Expiration: January 4, 2023