Cardiac imaging can complement history, electrocardiogram, and cardiac biomarkers for timely identification or ruling out of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) Bedside echocardiography is the first ...

Study Objectives: The clinical manifestations of acute coronary syndromes (ACSs) vary, and patients present frequently with symptoms other than chest pain. In this analysis, a large contemporary ...

Cannabis use is linked to a doubling in the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease, with significantly heightened risks of having a stroke or acute coronary syndrome—sudden reduced or blocked ...

A transthoracic echocardiogram showed similar wall ... Since differentiation between this cardiomyopathy and an acute coronary syndrome is often difficult at initial presentation, we tend to ...

Because of rapidly changing guidelines in response to multiple clinical trials of new therapies, the management of antithrombotic agents for patients after an acute coronary syndrome is becoming ...

Among patients with suspected acute coronary syndromes, cardiac troponin T levels have prognostic value. However, there is concern that renal dysfunction may impair the prognostic value ...

They included 17,642 propensity score–matched adults (mean age, 63.1 years; 26.1% women) who were discharged after an invasive treatment strategy for acute coronary syndrome and received either ...

Ezetimibe With Simvastatin in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients: Results of the IMPROVE-IT Trial The simvastatin-ezetimibe combination was found to reduce LDL cholesterol and was more effective in ...

Acute coronary syndrome describes a range of conditions associated with sudden, reduced blood flow to the heart. Doctors may also refer to the condition using the abbreviation “ACS”.

This guideline covers the early and longer-term (rehabilitation) management of acute coronary syndromes. These include ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), non-ST-segment elevation ...

What is Acute Coronary Syndrome? Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a sudden and life-threatening condition caused by a sudden reduction in blood flow to the heart. The incidence of coronary disease ...