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Inclusion Criteria: The study will include consecutive patients who present to the cardiology emergency department at Heidelberg University Hospital with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome or a troponin increase (hs-TnT \>14 ng/L). Additional inclusion criteria are a minimum age of 18 years and providing informed consent through written consent to participate in the study. The following medical conditions are intended to be distinguished from one another: * Acute myocardial infarction * Unstable angina pectoris * Myocarditis * Heart failure * Cardiomyopathies * Pulmonary embolism * Renal insufficiency * Supraventricular and ventricular tachycardias * Hypertensive crisis * Non-cardiac chest pain Exclusion Criteria: Exclusion criteria are defined according to GCP (Good Clinical Practice), i.e., mental illnesses/dementia (lack of capacity to provide informed consent), pregnancy/breastfeeding, as well as acute conditions requiring immediate treatment (e.g., cardiogenic shock).