[PDF] Top 20 ACC AHA Guidelines Myocardial Infarction Executive summary Circ Journal.pdf

... nonfatal infarction), ancillary therapies (eg, antithrombin and antiplatelet agents), and the interface between fibrinolysis and referral for angiography and ...full-text guidelines), followed by a ... See full document

... Practice Guidelines; Canadian Cardio- vascular Society. ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a report of the American ... See full document

... P. ACC/AHA 2002 guideline update for the management of patients with unstable angina and non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: summary article: a report of the American ... See full document

... the guidelines, the Writing Committee considered evidence published since 2001 and drafted revised recommendations where appropriate to incor- porate results from major clinical trials such as those that compared ... See full document

... the ACC/AHA/NASPE Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhyth- mia Devices includes several significant changes in the recommendations and in the supporting narrative ...this ... See full document

... The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines makes every effort to avoid any actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest that may arise as a result of an industry relationship or personal ... See full document

... Once rate control has been accomplished, clinicians may opt to convert the patient to sinus rhythm to attain optimal hemodynamics and ultimately permit discontinuation of anti- coagulants. Guidelines for ... See full document

... is reproducibly associated with physical exertion or emo- tional stress and is relieved promptly (i.e., in less than 5 min) with rest and/or the use of sublingual NTG. Patients with UA/NSTEMI may have discomfort that has ... See full document

... There are still very few randomized trials of medical therapy before noncardiac surgery to prevent perioperative cardiac complications, and they do not provide enough data from which to draw firm conclusions or ... See full document

... low HDL cholesterol are at high risk for recurrent events and should be targeted for aggressive nonpharmacological treat- ment (dietary modification, weight loss, and/or physical exercise). ATP III does not specify a ... See full document

... The ACC/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines makes every effort to avoid any actual or potential conflicts of interest that might arise as a result of an outside relationship or personal interest of ... See full document

... cardial Infarction), dofetilide may be considered as a second-line rather than a third-line antiarrhythmic agent, but that study involved selected post-myocardial infarction patients in whom the ... See full document

... upper limit of normal as having clinical significance. Thus a significant increase in CK-MB without Q-waves is consid- ered by most to qualify as an associated complication of PCI. If serial determinations are performed ... See full document

... There are still very few randomized trials of medical therapy before noncardiac surgery to prevent perioperative cardiac complications, and they do not provide enough data from which to draw firm conclusions or ... See full document

... The classification scheme recommended in this document represents a consensus driven by a desire for simplicity and clinical relevance. The clinician should distinguish a first- detected episode of AF, whether or not it ... See full document

... A randomized clinical trial has further clarified the role of emergency revascularization (ERV) in acute MI compli- cated by cardiogenic shock. This multicenter trial supports the use of ERV with PCI in appropriate ... See full document

... New-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation occurs in ' 30% of post-CABG patients, particularly on the second and third postoperative days, and is associated with a 2- to 3-fold increase[r] ... See full document

... the ACC/ AHA/ACP-ASIM Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Chronic Stable Angina and the ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft ... See full document

... The guidelines, incorporating the update, are available on the Web sites of both the American College of Cardiology (www.acc.org) and the American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org). In the Web site ... See full document

... A indicates atrial; AP, accessory pathway; AT, atrial tachycardia; AV, atrioventricular; AVRT, atrio- ventricular reciprocating tachycardia; BBB, bundle-branch block; LBBB, left bundle-b[r] ... See full document