Unstable angina non ST elevation myocardial infarction

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Unstable angina pectoris
Plaque rupture in a coronary artery at arrows yielding obstructive thrombus in red. Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology
ICD-10	I20
ICD-9	413
DiseasesDB	8695
eMedicine	med/133
MeSH	D000787

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Synonyms and related keywords: angina at rest, rest angina, progressive angina, crescendo angina, accelerating angina, new-onset angina, pre-infarction angina, unstable angina pectoris, UAP, UA

Treatment

Initial Therapy

Antiplatelet Therapy | Anticoagulant Therapy | Additional Management Considerations for Antiplatelet and Anticoagulant Therapy

Mechanical Reperfusion | Initial Conservative Versus Initial Invasive Strategies | PCI | CABG

See Also

• The Living Guidelines: UA/NSTEMI
• Chronic stable angina
• Non ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction
• ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction

External links

• The MD TV: Comments on Hot Topics, State of the Art Presentations in Cardiovascular Medicine, Expert Reviews on Cardiovascular Research
• Clinical Trial Results: An up to date resource of Cardiovascular Research
• Risk Assessment Tool for Estimating Your 10-year Risk of Having a Heart Attack - based on information of the Framingham Heart Study, from the United States National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• Heart Attack - overview of resources from MedlinePlus.
• Heart Attack Warning Signals from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
• Regional PCI for STEMI Resource Center - Evidence based online resource center for the development of regional PCI networks for acute STEMI
• STEMI Systems - Articles, profiles, and reviews of the latest publications involved in STEMI care. Quarterly newsletter.
• American College of Cardiology (ACC) Door to Balloon (D2B) Initiative.
• American Heart Association's Heart Attack web site - Information and resources for preventing, recognizing and treating heart attack.

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