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- See also changes related to Acute coronary syndrome, or pages that link to Acute coronary syndrome or to this page or whose text contains "Acute coronary syndrome".
Parent topics
- Cardiology [r]: The subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the cardiovascular system [e]
- Coronary heart disease [r]: Disease of the heart that involves narrowing of the coronary arteries. [e]
Subtopics
- Angina [r]: The symptom of paroxysmal pain consequent to myocardial ischemia usually of distinctive character, location and radiation. [e]
- Myocardial infarction [r]: A heart attack, gross necrosis of the myocardium, resulting from interruption of the blood supply to the area. [e]
- Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) risk score [r]: The Thrombolysis in Myocardial Infarction (TIMI) Risk Score is a clinical prediction rule that can predict the likelihood of morbidity in patients with unstable angina or Non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). [e]
Related topics
- Cardiac enzymes [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Electrocardiogram [r]: Recording of the electrical activity of the heart on a moving strip of paper. [e]
- Troponin [r]: Muscle proteins that the calcium-binding component in the troponin-tropomyosin B-actin-myosin complex by conferring calcium sensitivity to the cross-linked actin and myosin filaments; subtypes are highly sensitive and specific to cardiac damage [e]
- Coronary artery bypass [r]: Surgical therapy of ischemic coronary artery disease achieved by grafting a section of saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, or other substitute between the aorta and the obstructed coronary artery distal to the obstructive lesion. [e]
- Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty [r]: Surgical dilatation of an occluded coronary artery by means of a balloon catheter to restore myocardial blood supply. [e]