Dialogues in Cardiovascular Medicine - Vol 10 . No. 3 . 2005





Editorial



     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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