scholarly journals Age, clinical presentation, and outcome of acute coronary syndromes in the Euroheart acute coronary syndrome survey

2006 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 789-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annika Rosengren ◽  
Lars Wallentin ◽  
Maarten Simoons ◽  
Anselm K Gitt ◽  
Solomon Behar ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 119 (8) ◽  
pp. e15
Author(s):  
Zafer Buyukterzi ◽  
Ummugulsum Can ◽  
Mehmet Sertac Alpaydin ◽  
Asuman Guzelant ◽  
Sukru Karaarslan

Author(s):  
Eric Durand ◽  
Aurès Chaib ◽  
Etienne Puymirat ◽  
Nicolas Danchin

Patients presenting at the emergency department with acute chest pain and suspected to represent an acute coronary syndrome were classically admitted as routine to the cardiology department, resulting in expensive and time-consuming evaluations. However, 2-5% of patients with acute coronary syndromes were discharged home inappropriately, resulting in increased mortality. To address the inability to exclude the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome, chest pain units were developed, particularly in the United States. These provide an environment where serial electrocardiograms, cardiac biomarkers, and provocative testing can be performed to confirm or rule out an acute coronary syndrome. Eligible candidates include the majority of patients with non-diagnostic electrocardiograms. The results have been impressive; chest pain units have markedly reduced adverse events, while simultaneously increasing the rate of safe discharge by 36%. Despite evidence to suggest that care in chest pain units is more effective for such patients, the percentage of emergency or cardiology departments setting up chest pain units remains low in Europe.


2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (11) ◽  
pp. 1271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara E. Staehli ◽  
Manfred B. Wischnewsky ◽  
Philipp Jakob ◽  
Roland Klingenberg ◽  
Slayman Obeid ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Sazzli Kasim ◽  
Rafidah AbuBakar ◽  
Eugene McFadden

Myocardial infarction as a result of wasp stings is a rare manifestation of acute coronary syndromes. It has been ascribed to kounis syndrome or allergic angina whose triggers include mast cell degranulation leading to coronary vasospasm and/or local plaque destabilisation. Its exact pathophysiology is still not clearly defined. We present a case of an acute coronary syndrome as a consequence of wasp stings and discuss its possible aetiology.


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