RACGP rejects coroner’s call for new acute MI guidelines
It's unrealistic to expect guidelines will prevent rare cardiac deaths, says college
The RACGP has rejected a coroner’s recommendation to adopt National Heart Foundation of Australia guidelines for acute coronary syndromes, saying guidelines cannot be used as “a panacea for every presentation”.
It comes after Victorian coroner Sarah Gebert urged the college to endorse guidelines for managing possible acute coronary syndrome following the death of a patient, who had no cardiovascular risk factors, from an AMI caused by coronary artery giant-cell arteritis.
