2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Non–ST-Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes

Ezra A. AmsterdamDistinguished Professor of Medicine, UC Davis

“Guideline-directed medical therapy has not always been optimally utilized and advances in noninvasive testing have the potential to identify patients with NSTE-ACS at low-intermediate risk to distinguish candidates for invasive versus medical therapy.”

Nanette K. WengerProfessor of Medicine Emeritus, Emory University

“The hospitalization period involves crisis management of ACS, which is pivotal to successful patient outcomes during the acute phase of disease. However, discharge planning in addition to patient and family education guide the long-term ambulatory care of the patient who has sustained a NSTE-ACS.”

Sorin J. BrenerInterventional cardiologist, Weill Cornell Medical College

“The older phrasing was overly broad, capturing many patients who did not have acute events.”