Acute coronary syndrome national statistics: Challenges in definitions

Incidence, treatment and outcome of acute coronary syndromes: A community-based study in the era of myocardial infarction networks

“…This finding, in accord with recent investigations [11][12][13][14] is probably due to aging of population [15], introduction of new definition of MI [16,17] and highly sensitive cardiac biomarkers [13,18] , increased use of preventive measures [19]. However this relative increase of NSTEMI could be partly artifactual due to the widespread use of cardiac troponin as a single diagnostic criterion.…”

Essential Features of a Surveillance System to Support the Prevention and Management of Heart Disease and Stroke

“…This practice may have contributed to the recent decline in hospitalizations for unstable angina, a phenomenon that complicates efforts to monitor trends in acute coronary syndromes. 116 The issue of outpatient care without admission is especially important as it relates to capturing incidence data and treatment patterns for heart failure. Traditional hospitalbased surveillance is not adequate to fully evaluate the impact and burden of heart failure in the community, although the majority (74%) of heart failure patients are hospitalized eventually.…”

Increased Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Atherosclerotic Plaques Associated With Acute Coronary Syndrome

“…1 ACS usually is associated with thrombus formation in the coronary artery or coronary artery vasospasm, resulting in myocardial ischemia. 2 Thrombus formation may involve platelet adhesion and degranulation on damaged or dysfunctional endothelium overlying the intact or ruptured atherosclerotic plaque, as well as microthrombi.…”