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

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          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.

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                Contributors
                06131 17 7250 , tmuenzel@uni-mainz.de
                Journal
                Clin Res Cardiol
                Clin Res Cardiol
                Clinical Research in Cardiology
                Springer Berlin Heidelberg (Berlin/Heidelberg )
                1861-0684
                1861-0692
                7 July 2015
                7 July 2015
                2015
                : 104
                : 11
                : 918-928
                Affiliations
                [ ]Katholisches Klinikum Koblenz Montabaur, Koblenz, Germany
                [ ]II. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik für Kardiologie, Angiologie und internistische Intensivmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany
                [ ]Klinik für KardiologieAngiologie und Pneumonologie, Heidelberg, Germany
                [ ]Department für Kardiologie, Innere Medizin und Intensivmedizin, Vivantes-Klinikum Neukölln, Berlin, Germany
                [ ]Klinikum III für Innere Medizin Uniklinik Köln, Cologne, Germany
                [ ]Kerkhoff-Klinik, Bad Nauheim, Germany
                [ ]Klinik für Kardiologie und Angiologie, Herzzentrum Bremen, Bremen, Germany
                [ ]Kardiologie und allgemeine Innere Medizin, Solingen, Germany
                [ ]Cardiozentrum, Düsseldorf, Germany
                [ ]Institut für Herzinfarktforschung, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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                888
                10.1007/s00392-015-0888-2
                4623090
                26150114
                bb57d77a-3a10-4472-b689-765234c5f636
                © The Author(s) 2015

                Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.

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                : 8 December 2014
                : 23 June 2015
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                Cardiovascular Medicine
                chest pain,certification,requirements network guidelines
                Cardiovascular Medicine
                chest pain, certification, requirements network guidelines

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