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The authors highlight an omission in the recent ESC guidelines for NSTE-ACS regarding the lack of reference to acute aortic syndrome when reading presentation ECGs.
Highlights an omission regarding acute aortic syndrome in the ESC guidelines for NSTE-ACS ECG interpretation.
‘Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes: The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-ST-Segment Elevation Acute Coronary Syndromes of the European Society of Cardiology’ recently published in European Heart Journal 1 rightly dedicates space to the pitfalls that can be encountered when reading presentation ECGs. However, we wish to draw attention to what we think is an important omission. No reference is made in this context to acute aortic syndrome (AAS)—a condition in …
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Rapezzi et al. (2007) conducted a letter in non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. The authors highlight an omission in the recent ESC guidelines for NSTE-ACS regarding the lack of reference to acute aortic syndrome when reading presentation ECGs.
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