title: The 2017 International Joint Working Group recommendations of the Indian College of Cardiology, the Academic College of Emergency Experts, and INDUSEM on the management of low-risk chest pain in emergency departments across India.
abstract: There have been no published recommendations for the management of low-risk chest pain in emergency departments (EDs) across India. This is despite the fact that chest pain continues to be one of the most common presenting complaints in EDs. Risk stratification of patients utilizing an accelerated diagnostic protocol has been shown to decrease hospitalizations by approximately 40% with a low 30-day risk of major adverse cardiac events. The experts group of academic leaders from the Indian College of Cardiology and Academic College of Emergency Experts in India partnered with academic experts in emergency medicine and cardiology from leading institutions in the UK and USA collaborated to study the scientific evidence and make recommendations to guide emergency physicians working in EDs across India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Dr. RPGMC, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Chauhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Pavitra Kotini
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Sagar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galwankar
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Maura
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sammon
authors.affiliation: Chief Intervention Cardiologist, Father Muller Medical College Hospital, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Prabhakar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hosad
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.lastname: Beeresha
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Medical School Harvard, Humanitarian Initiative, Boston, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: David F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Gaieski
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: Joydeep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grover
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, M. S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospitals, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Anupama V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Hegde
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Terry Vanden
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Hoek
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, VS General Hospital, Smt. NHLM Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Bhavesh
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jarwani
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Whiston Hospital, St. Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospital Trust, Prescot, UK.
authors.forename: Himanshu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataria
authors.affiliation: Cardiology, Emeritus, RTI International, 61 Skyline Dr Hinsdale, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: LaBresh
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Cholenahally Nanjappa
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Manjunath
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nagamani
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Anjali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Zydus Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
authors.forename: Ketan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rangaraj
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, SSIMS and RC, Davangere, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Narendra
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shamanur
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Srinivasa
authors.affiliation: Deapartment of Emergency Medicine, Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
authors.forename: Shweta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tyagi
keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; major adverse cardiac events; protocol