The updated 2014 criteria by the German Cardiac Society provide standardized spatial, technical, and organizational requirements for the certification of Chest Pain Units to optimize the diagnosis and treatment of acute chest pain.
Adoption of updated criteria should standardize chest pain unit operations; extends 2008 framework with current diagnostic and therapeutic requirements.
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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Post et al. (2015) conducted a review in Acute chest pain. Chest Pain Unit (CPU) establishment and certification was evaluated. The German Cardiac Society updated its 2008 criteria for the certification of chest pain units, detailing spatial, technical, diagnostic, and therapeutic requirements to optimize acute chest pain care.
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