Acute coronary syndromes.
The mortality rate for coronary artery disease has decreased steadily over the past 25 yeas, attributable to a great extent to advances in medical and mechanical interventions. Nevertheless, mortality rates for acute coronary syndromes remain between 4% and 7%. This article highlights treatment options and the challenge of implementing evidence-based recommendations.
Lipson
Alan
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Victoria General Hospital, Winnipeg MB, Canada. alipson@vgh.mb.ca
D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology