Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A guideline for managing patients with acute coronary syndrome was issued by several U.S. societies. The ...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) encompasses a spectrum of clinical conditions precipitated by sudden, reduced blood flow to the myocardium. Often resulting from coronary plaque rupture and subsequent ...

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 ...

Background and goal: Chest pain is a common but challenging symptom for general practitioners to evaluate, as it can be caused by both serious conditions and more benign issues. This study assessed ...

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association today released an updated clinical practice guideline for managing individuals experiencing acute coronary syndrome (ACS). The ...

Background Acute inflammatory responses during and after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are associated with subsequent cardiovascular event risk, but limited data exist on acute immune cell ...

Vaccination for COVID-19 after an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) event was not associated with better cardiopulmonary outcomes or fewer major adverse cardiovascular events, according to a secondary ...

Coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMD) was an important independent component of ischemic heart disease, though it often ...

Although presentations with ACSs share common underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms, they offer a challenge from the standpoint of diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis because the clinical ...

Cardiac intensive care units are specialized, high-acuity, and resource-intensive environments for the care of critically ill ...

Over the period July 1999 to June 2002, 20,881 patients were admitted to the hospital with ACSs, of whom 1,763 (8.4%) presented with atypical symptoms. The dominant presenting symptoms in these ...