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Diagnostic telecardiology in chest pain Int J Cardiovasc Sci. 2019;32(2)158-162 Original Article This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License and interpretation: Farah S. Critical revision of the manuscript as for important intellectual content: Farah S, Monteiro, A. Potential Conflict of Interest No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported. Sources of Funding There were no external funding sources for this study. Study Association This study is part of the master’s dissertation of Simone Farah from the Graduate Program in Telemedicine and Telehealth of Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro . Ethics approval and consent to participate This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro under the protocol number 70594917.3.0005282. All the procedures in this study were in accordance with the 1975 Helsinki Declaration, updated in 2013. Informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study.