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. In decreasing severity, they are:
- ST elevation myocardial infarct (STEMI)
- non-ST elevation myocardial infarct (non-STEMI)
- unstable angina
Stable angina is not considered an ACS.
Causes
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
-<li>ST elevation myocardial infarct (STEMI)</li>- +<li>ST elevation <a title="Myocardial infarction" href="/articles/myocardial-infarction">myocardial infarct</a> (STEMI)</li>
-</ul><p>Stable angina is not considered an ACS.</p><h4>Causes</h4><p>The most common cause by far is <a title="Atherosclerosis - general" href="/articles/arteriosclerosis">atherosclerotic</a> plaque rupture in <a title="coronary artery disease" href="/articles/coronary-artery-disease">coronary artery disease</a>.</p><p>Other less common causes include:</p><ul>- +</ul><p>Stable angina is not considered an ACS.</p><h4>Causes</h4><p>The most common cause by far is <a href="/articles/arteriosclerosis">atherosclerotic</a> plaque rupture in <a href="/articles/coronary-artery-disease">coronary artery disease</a>.</p><p>Other less common causes include:</p><ul>
Sections changed:
- Syndromes
Systems changed:
- Chest
- Vascular
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