Modern cardiologists are continuously struggling with new challenges.
After having succeeded in steadily reducing the incidence of myocardial
infarction, they are now confronted with an increasing incidence of
“non–ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction (NSTE-MI).”
The use of this tongue-twisting clinical description became official in 1996 with its
inclusion in the “ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Acute
Myocardial Infarction,” which redefined acute myocardial infarction as an “acute
coronary syndrome (ACS)” with two presentations: NSTE-MI and STE-MI ([non–]
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction)...
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