title: Evaluation of primary care patients with chronic stable angina: guidelines from the American College of Physicians.
abstract: In 1999, the American College of Physicians (ACP), then the American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine, and the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) developed joint guidelines on the management of patients with chronic stable angina. The ACC/AHA then published an updated guideline in 2002, which the ACP recognized as a scientifically valid review of the evidence and background paper. This ACP guideline summarizes the recommendations of the 2002 ACC/AHA updated guideline and underscores the recommendations most likely to be important to physicians seeing patients in the primary care setting. This guideline is the first of 2 that will provide guidance on the management of patients with chronic stable angina. This document will cover diagnosis and risk stratification for symptomatic patients who have not had an acute myocardial infarction or revascularization procedure in the previous 6 months. Sections addressing asymptomatic patients are also included. Asymptomatic refers to patients with known or suspected coronary disease based on history or on electrocardiographic evidence of previous myocardial infarction, coronary angiography, or abnormal results on noninvasive tests. A future guideline will cover pharmacologic therapy and follow-up.
authors.affiliation: American College of Physicians and University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, USA. vincenza@acponline.org
authors.forename: Vincenza
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Snow
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barry
authors.forename: Stephan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Fihn
authors.forename: Raymond J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gibbons
authors.forename: Douglas K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Owens
authors.forename: Sankey V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: Kevin B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: Christel
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mottur-Pilson
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D018570:Risk Assessment; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology