Cardiac resources for health professionals

Clinical pathways

1. Suspected acute coronary syndrome clinical pathways

(Caution: Use the clinical pathway that corresponds to the Troponin assay used at your facility (i.e. a. point of care or b. laboratory). The same assay must be used for serial Troponin tests.)

1. Suspected acute coronary syndrome (iSTAT/point of care Troponin assay) clinical pathway (PDF 279 kB)
2. Suspected acute coronary syndrome (Laboratory Troponin assay) clinical pathway (PDF 269 kB)
2. Reperfusion for STEMI clinical pathway (PDF 811 kB)
3. Acute coronary syndrome clinical pathway (PDF 1088 kB)
4. Suspected acute rheumatic fever clinical pathway (PDF 304 kB)

Queensland Health staff can order these forms from Winc.

Guidelines

Acute Rheumatic Fever is a notifiable disease. Read the RHD Australia guidelines for caring for people with acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease.

Find more Queensland Health resources for:

• acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease
• cardiac rehabilitation
• heart failure
• Qld Guide for GP Management of Incidental CAC on Low Dose Lung Cancer Screening CT (PDF 429 kB)

Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Registry

Learn about the Queensland Cardiac Outcomes Registry (QCOR) and read the latest QCOR annual report (PDF 9226 kB).