title: The Year in Cardiology 2012: acute coronary syndromes.
abstract: Patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) remain amongst the highest-risk of all acute medical admissions. Despite significant reductions in morbidity and mortality via refinements in treatment methods in recent years, such individuals remain at a high risk of recurrent ischaemic events and death. Whilst 2012 has brought a wealth of novel data in the field of ACS regarding diagnosis and both medical and invasive management strategies, continued focus on this high-risk patient subset is necessary to further our understanding and improve patient outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge CB23 3RE, UK. nick.west@papworth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Nick E J
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000401:mortality; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D059351:Organ Sparing Treatments / Q000379:methods; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors