An acute coronary syndrome occurs when atherosclerotic coronary plaque becomes unstable, leading to a series of events eventually resulting in partial or total thrombotic occlusion of a coronary ...

The European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on acute coronary syndromes are published online today in European Heart Journal. The document covers the management of unstable angina and all ...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in younger patients presents distinctive epidemiological and clinical patterns when compared with older cohorts. Although traditionally viewed as a disease of older ...

Heart attacks kill more seniors by far than any other disease. “Atherosclerosis” is the cause; it means “artery hardening.” First, fatty deposits, or “atheromas,” appear in the artery lining. This ...

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 ...

A formal protocol for urgent care center evaluation of potential acute coronary syndrome safely precluded emergency department visits among 84% of those eligible. Objectives: Patients with chest pain ...

PARIS — Adding the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab (Repatha, Amgen) to high-intensity statin therapy in the very high-risk setting of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) safely lowers low-density lipoprotein ...

Anna Mueller, MD, and Amir Ahmadi, MD, of Mount Sinai, highlight gaps in risk assessment tools for acute coronary syndrome, calling for more comprehensive screening strategies. New data from a poster ...

Drug-coated balloons (DCB) have recently garnered significant attention and acceptance in the realm of interventional cardiology. These innovative devices are increasingly utilized, predominantly ...

Anyone who has learned to read ECGs has heard it before: "You can't diagnose acute myocardial infarction (AMI) on an ECG in the presence of a pacemaker." We have actually heard the same dictum ...