Acute coronary syndrome
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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a group of cardiac diagnoses along a spectrum of severity due to the interruption of coronary blood flow to the myocardium, which in decreasing severity are:
- ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)
- non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (non-STEMI)
- unstable angina
Stable angina is not considered an ACS.
Epidemiology
PatientsOf all patients who present to emergency departments with symptoms of ACS, only 20-25% will have ACS confirmed as their discharge diagnosis 1,2.
Pathology
Aetiology
The most common cause by far is atherosclerotic plaque rupture in coronary artery disease. Other less common causes include:
- aortic or coronary artery dissection
- vasculitis
- connective tissue diseases
- drugs: cocaine
- coronary artery spasm
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