ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina and Non–ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Executive Summary and Recommendations: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina)
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- Braunwald, Eugene
- Antman, Elliott M.
- Beasley, John W.
- Califf, Robert M.
- Cheitlin, Melvin D.
- Hochman, Judith S.
- Jones, Robert H.
- Kereiakes, Dean
- Kupersmith, Joel
- Levin, Thomas N.
- Pepine, Carl J.
- Schaeffer, John W.
- Smith, Earl E., III
- Steward, David E.
- Theroux, Pierre
- Gibbons, Raymond J.
- Alpert, Joseph S.
- Eagle, Kim A.
- Faxon, David P.
- Fuster, Valentin
- Gardner, Timothy J.
- Gregoratos, Gabriel
- Russell, Richard O.
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Smith, Sidney C., Jr.
- Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine
- Abstract
- The American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) Task Force on Practice Guidelines was formed to make recommendations regarding the diagnosis and treatment of patients with known or suspected cardiovascular disease. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Unstable angina (UA) and the closely related condition non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) are very common manifestations of this disease. These life-threatening disorders are a major cause of emergency medical care and hospitalizations in the United States. In 1996, the National Center for Health Statistics reported 1 433 000 hospitalizations for UA or NSTEMI. In recognition of the importance of the management of this common entity and of the rapid advances in the management of this condition, the need to revise guidelines published by the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute in 1994 was evident. This Task Force therefore formed the current committee to develop guidelines for the management of UA and NSTEMI. The present guidelines supersede the 1994 guidelines.
- Date of publication
- 2000
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- DOI
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.102.10.1193
- 2-s2.0-0034609537
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- Resource type
- Journal Item
- Rights statement
- In Copyright
- Journal title
- Circulation
- Journal volume
- 102
- Journal issue
- 10
- Page start
- 1193
- Page end
- 1209
- Language
- English
- Version
- Postprint
- ISSN
- 0009-7322
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