Association of accompanying dyspnea with diagnosis and outcome of patients presenting with acute chest discomfort

Jasper Boeddinghaus, MD, Thomas Nestelberger, MD, Luca Koechlin, MD, Pedro Lopez-Ayala, MD, Desiree Wussler, MD, Maximilian Mais, MD, Luca Zwimpfer, MS, Tobias Zimmermann, MD, Karin Wildi, MD, Maria Rubini Giménez, MD, Ivo Strebel, MSc, Òscar Miró, MD, F Javier Martin-Sanchez, MD, Jiri Parenica, MD, Dagmar I Keller, MD, Danielle M Gualandro, MD, Christian H Nickel, MD, Roland Bingisser, MD, Michael Christ, MD, Christian Mueller, MD, for the APACE investigators European Heart Journal - Acute Cardiovascular Care DOI: 10.1093/ehjacc/zuad026

Aim: The presence of accompanying dyspnea is routinely assessed and common in patients presenting with acute chest pain/discomfort to the emergency department (ED). We aimed to assess the association of accompanying dyspnea with differential diagnoses, diagnostic work-up and outcome.