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Acute coronary syndromes: risk stratification and initial management.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Cannon, Christopher Paul |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | For patients who have acute coronary syndromes (ACS), risk stratification is key to initiating appropriate treatment. For ST-segment elevation MI, immediate reperfusion therapy is needed, and thus rapid identification of ST elevation on the ECG is critical. Then, having a standardized protocol for rapid treatment- with either primary percutaneous coronary intervention or thrombolysis - is critical. For unstable angina/non-ST elevation ACS, after first identifying the patients who have a higher likelihood of actually having an ACS (as opposed to noncardiac chest pain) stratification to high versus lower risk is needed to choose appropriate therapies. Thus, it is important for risk stratification to be a central part of all management of patients who have ACS. |
| Starting Page | 229 |
| Ending Page | 232 |
| Page Count | 4 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.anestesia.com.mx/Articles/coronary%202.pdf |
| PubMed reference number | 16278114v1 |
| Volume Number | 23 |
| Issue Number | 4 |
| Journal | Cardiology clinics |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Acute Coronary Syndrome Addison Disease Angina Pectoris Chest Pain Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction Patients Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Reperfusion Therapy ST segment elevation myocardial infarction Stratification Thrombolysis, function Unstable Medical Device Problem |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
