ACVC Clinical Decision-Making Toolkit

A strategic instrument

The best care of patients with acute cardiovascular syndromes relies on immediate diagnosis and decisions on treatment, some of which can be life-saving.

The Clinical Decision-Making Toolkit is the essential resource for practitioners to make the best bedside clinical decisions in managing patients with acute cardiovascular conditions.

The toolkit’s content allows you to access comprehensive tables, clear diagrams and algorithms, based on the ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines and clinical experience, providing diagnostic and therapeutic guidance in a nutshell.

Editors

• Editor in Chief: Hector Bueno
• Associate Editor: Jorge Nuche

Table of contents

1- Key Symptoms

• 1.1 Chest pain: Christiaan J M Vrints & Milica Aleksic    
• 1.2 Dyspnea: Christian Mueller & Johannes Grand     
• 1.3 Syncope: Angel Moya  

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2- Acute Coronary Syndromes

• 2.1 General concepts: Hector Bueno & Maria Stratinaki
• 2.2 MI definition: Jorge Nuche  & Pablo R. Alonso.     
• 2.3 NSTEACS & STEMI: Marc Claeys & Diego Araiza Garaygordobil     
• 2.4 MINOCA & SCAD: Dave Adlam, Alessia Gambaro & Anju John

3- Secondary Prevention after ACS

• 3.1 General secondary prevention strategies and therapies: Sigrun Halvorsen &  Gal Tsaban     
• 3.2 Antithrombotic treatment: Kurt Huber, Diego Araiza Garaygordobil & Max Lenz

4- Acute Heart Failure

• 4.1 Acute Heart Failure: Josep Masip & Frederik  Verbrugge    
• 4.2 Cardiogenic shock: Pascal Vranckx, Uwe Zeymer &  Tim Balthazar

5- Ryhtm Disturbences and Cardiac Arrest 

• 5.1 Cardiac Arrest &  (e)CPR:  Christian Hassager, Pablo Jorge Perez & Janine Poess
• 5.2 Supraventricular tachycardias and atrial fibrillation: Elena Arbelo & Otilia Cristea 
• 5.3 Ventricular tachycardia: Elena Arbelo  &  Michael Spartalis
• 5.4 Bradyarrythmia: Andreas Goette & Billy David  
• 5.5 Pacemakers and ICDs troubleshooting: Andreas Goette, Luca Cumitini & Ailia Giubertoni

6-  Acute Aortic Syndromes 

Acute Aortic Syndromes: Artur Evangelista & Hannah Schaubroeck    

7- Acute Pulmonary Embolism

Acute Pulmonary Embolism: Stavros Konstantinides, Erik Klok, Ingo Ahrens &  Umit Yasar Sinan  

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8- Acute Myocardial and Pericardial Syndromes 

• 8.1 Acute Myocarditis: Andre Keren & Alida Caforio    
• 8.2 Acute pericarditis and cardiac tamponade: Agniezska Tycinska & Francisco Jose Chacon-Lozsan    

9- Specific emergent situations

• 9.1 Management of Delirium in the ICCU:  Guido Tavazzi & Waqas Akhtar     
• 9.2 Emergencies in pulmonary hypertension: Susanna Price & Maddalena Ardissino    
• 9.3 Emergencies in infective endocarditis: Alessandro Sionis & Santiago Montero    
• 9.4 Cardiac emergencies in pregnancy: Sofie Gevaert & Maria Bergami    
• 9.5 Acute RV failure: Guido Tavazzi & Ahmed Zaher

10- Drugs in Acute Cardiovascular Care    

•  10.1 Drugs: Ana de Lorenzo, Mijo Meter & Mireia Padilla
• 10.2 Managing anticoagulation in critically ill in specific situations: Christophe Vandenbriele & Anna Oleksiak