Supplement on Acute Coronary Syndromes: Introduction
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Supplement on acute coronary syndromes: introduction.
As a student of therapeutics for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) for more than 20 years, I have been gratified to see the remarkable changes that have benefited patients with these syndromes, which represent the leading cause of death and disability in technologically developed countries. In the course of my career, mortality rates among reperfusion-eligible patients with ST-elevation myocardial...
متن کاملPrognostic value of C-Reactive Protein in Acute Coronary Syndromes
Introduction: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is among the most common, serious, chronic and life- threatening illnesses in the world. CAD represents a spectrum of conditions, with acute myocardial infarction at one end of it and silent ischemia at the other. There is growing evidence on importance of prognosis of C- reactive protein (CPR) in unstable angina and this protein is a maker of an adve...
متن کامل[Acute coronary syndromes].
Recently, unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death have often been put together under the name 'acute coronary syndromes', because almost all of these conditions have been shown to be caused by thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery following atherosclerotic plaque disruption. Acute coronary syndromes occur more frequently in the coronary arteries with no signifi...
متن کاملAcute coronary syndromes.
Despite technologic advances in many diagnostic fields, the 12-lead ECG remains the basis for early identification and management of an acute coronary syndrome. This article reviews the use of the ECG in acute coronary syndromes.
متن کاملAnticoagulant Therapy in Acute Coronary Syndromes with Focus on Fondaparinux ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES | REVIEW
In this context, bleeding is the most frequent non-ischaemic complication observed in ACS. It has a strong impact on the outcome, with a dosedependent association between bleeding and risk of death or other ischaemic events. Major bleeding was shown to be associated with a four-fold increase in the risk of death, a five-fold increase in the risk of recurrent MI and a three-fold increase in the ...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000086949.66085.f7