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Figure 2 Possible treatment algorithm for patients presenting with a suspected unstable coronary syndrome. Patients presenting to the emergency department with chest pain need to be rapidly separated into a high, medium, or low risk category as specified by Braunwald et al. (110). See text for details. GPIIb/IIIa RA = Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist.