Guidelines in review: Comparison of the 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes and the 2015 ESC guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation

Shane P Prejean; Munaib Din; Eliana Reyes; Fadi G Hage

doi:10.1007/s12350-017-1137-z

Guidelines in review: Comparison of the 2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes and the 2015 ESC guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation

J Nucl Cardiol. 2018 Jun;25(3):769-776. doi: 10.1007/s12350-017-1137-z. Epub 2017 Dec 11.

Authors

Shane P Prejean¹, Munaib Din², Eliana Reyes², Fadi G Hage^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lyons Harrison Research Building 306, 1900 University BLVD, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA. sprejean@uabmc.edu.
² The PET imaging Centre at St. Thomas' Hospital, King's College London, London, UK.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lyons Harrison Research Building 306, 1900 University BLVD, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
⁴ Section of Cardiology, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA.

PMID: 29230658
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-1137-z

Abstract

In this Guidelines in Review, we review side-by-side the recommendations provided by the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes and the 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation. We review the recommendations for imaging in the evaluation of patients with possible ACS followed by the diagnostic evaluation of patients with proven NSTE-ACS, based on their risk for adverse clinical events.

Keywords: Non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome; coronary artery disease; non-invasive imaging; stress testing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnosis*
Acute Coronary Syndrome / therapy*
Humans
Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Non-ST Elevated Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Practice Guidelines as Topic