Belgian Interdisciplinary Group on Acute Cardiology
Recommendations for the management of acute chest pain. Report of the Belgian Interdisciplinary Group on Acute Cardiology
Abstract
The Belgium Interdisciplinary Working Group on Acute Cardiology (BIWAC), including cardiologists, intensivists and urgentists was formed to give consensus regarding the management of acute chest pain in the prehospital and the early hospital phases. General recommendations and critical pathways are proposed to improve the treatment of the patients with acute coronary syndromes.
Source and rights
Published by Revue medicale de Bruxelles, 2002. The guideline itself is at the source linked here.
Prognia summarises this guideline for reference and education. It is not medical advice. Always check the official guideline and current local protocols before acting on it.
At a glance
- Organisation
- Belgian Interdisciplinary Group on Acute Cardiology
- Published
- 2002
- Applies to
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- Scope
- National
- Journal
- Revue medicale de Bruxelles
- PubMed
- 12056060
- Added to Prognia
- 25 July 2026
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