Appendix B. Acute coronary ischemia equivalents

≤60 years

• Sudden cardiogenic acute pulmonary edema

• Uncontrolled hypertension with ischemic profile chest pain and dynamic ST changes

• Ventricular arrhythmias

60–74 years

• Dyspnea on exertion progressing medium to small efforts

• Heart failure syndrome first event

• First event of paroxistic flutter or atrial fibrillation with or chest pain without ischemic profile and ECG dynamic ST changes

• Ventricular arrhythmias

• Emergency hypertension with or chest pain without ischemic profile and ECG dynamic ST changes

• Sudden acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema

≥75 years

• Asthenia, adynamia and anorexia

• Confusion, syncope or stroke

• Dyspnea on exertion progressing from medium to light efforts

• First event of paroxistic flutter or atrial fibrillation with ischemic profile chest pain and ECG dynamic ST changes

• Hypertensive emergency with ischemic profile chest pain and ECG dynamic ST changes

• Ventricular arrhythmias

• Heart failure syndrome primer event

• AV-block and ischemia on ECG