A MEDICAL EMER IS DECLARED FOR AN ILL PAX WITH HEART PAINS AT FL200 IN DSCNT 110 NM NW OF ATL; GA.

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DURING DSCNT TO ATL; MY LEAD FLT ATTENDANT CALLED THE COCKPIT TO ADVISE ME THAT AN ELDERLY (90 YR OLD) PAX WAS PALE AND NOT FEELING WELL AND THAT SHE WAS GOING TO ADMINISTER OXYGEN. WE DISCUSSED OUR OPTIONS AND DECIDED TO ASK FOR ANY DOCTOR ON BOARD TO ASSIST US. A DOCTOR CAME FORWARD AND WHILE HE WAS EXAMINING THE PAX; HE BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE CHEST PAINS. WE WERE DSNDING THROUGH FL200 ON THE ARR WHEN THE FLT ATTENDANT TOLD US ABOUT THE CHEST PAINS AND THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET OUT THE DEFIBRILLATOR. I IMMEDIATELY DECLARED AN EMER WITH ZTL AND ASKED FOR PRIORITY ASSISTANCE. I TURNED THE RADIOS AND ACFT OVER TO THE FO AND I BEGAN COORDINATING WITH FLT CTL AND SET UP MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR OUR ARR. ZTL AND APCH DID AN EXCELLENT JOB GETTING US INTO THE ARPT IMMEDIATELY. THE DOCTOR ON BOARD DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD BE SAFE TO TAKE THE PAX TO A GATE AND HAVE THE PARAMEDICS READY THERE; SO I ADVISED ATL OF OUR INTENTIONS. I HAD THE FO FLY AT OUR MAX SPD TO ABOUT 15 NM FROM THE ARPT. WE SLOWED; CONFIGURED; AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNG. WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO THE GATE IN ABOUT 2-3 MINS AND OUR PAX WAS ASSISTED THERE. THIS EMER DEMONSTRATED EXCELLENT COORD BTWN THE COCKPIT AND CABIN CREW AND ATC AND THE FLC. ALL OF THE TRAINING REALLY PAYS OFF UNDER THESE TIME COMPRESSED AND STRESSFUL SITS.