title: America vs Europe and the 2014 Non-ST Elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome Guidelines.
abstract: In August of 2014, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology (AHA/ACC) published a new guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes. With similar timing, the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) released new 2014 guidelines on myocardial revascularization, including a brief update on the 2011 European Society of Cardiology guidelines on the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation. We briefly summarize key components of all three of these guideline publications, highlighting differences and concluding that similarities far outweigh differences in the American vs European approach to a patient with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: Dimitri C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Cassimatis
authors.forename: Nanette K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Wenger
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D000572:American Heart Association; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States