August 17, 2019Open Access
ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina/non ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unstable Angina/Non ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction)
Why the study?
Coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction are very common manifestations requiring updated clinical practice recommendations.
Population
Patients with unstable angina or non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction
Design
Practice guideline
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Expert consensus on UA/NSTEMI care leaves open questions for prospective validation; should not yet change practice.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with unstable angina (UA) and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)
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Intervention
Guideline-directed diagnosis and treatment
This document provides the 2007 ACC/AHA updated clinical practice guidelines for the management of patients with unstable angina and NSTEMI.
Cite This Study
Anderson et al. (2019) studied this question.