Events picked up with the Fourth Universal Definition of MI were tied to higher mortality, emphasizing the role of ancillary ...
Background Prehospital delays remain critical barriers to timely acute coronary syndrome (ACS) care, particularly for ...
A new study examined the potential value of serial high-sensitivity troponin testing in a cohort of more than 6000 patients with ACS. Absolute increases in hsTn values of ≥7 ng/L were associated with ...
For many years, 2 axioms have ruled our thoughts and discussions of coronary atherosclerosis. The first axiom was that patients were at risk for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) if their coronary ...
“Both the high safety standard and the risk [that] missed ACS poses to patients and clinicians contribute to over-testing, which exposes patients to costs and iatrogenic harm while contributing to ED ...
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands—The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has issued new guidelines for the management of patients with acute coronary syndrome, emphasizing that clinicians think of ACS as a ...
Coronary imaging has undergone rapid advances, enabling detailed visualisation of both anatomical and functional features of coronary arteries. Techniques such as optical coherence tomography (OCT), ...