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Management of non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome

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Kalyan Gurazada MBBS, Jagdip Sidhu MBBS MD MRCP
Foundation Years Journal, volume 3, issue 2, p.45 (123Doc Education, London, March 2009)

Abstract

A 62-year-old manual worker presents to the A&E department with a 2-hour history of central chest pain radiating to both arms. His pain subsided after being given sublingual glyceryl trinitrate and aspirin 300mg in the ambulance. Prior to his admission he smoked 20 cigarettes a day for over 40 years. Examination was unremarkable.

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Authors

Kalyan Gurazada MBBS

ST2 General Medicine
Darent Valley Hospital
Dartford

Jagdip Sidhu MBBS MD MRCP

Consultant Cardiologist
Darent Valley Hospital
Dartford and
St. Thomas' Hospital
London

References

1. Guidelines for the management of non-ST segment elevation acute coronary syndromes. European Heart Journal, 2007, 28:1598–1660.
2. MI: secondary prevention. NICE clinical guideline 48. May 2007.
3. Antman EM, et al. The TIMI risk score for unstable angina/non-ST elevation MI: a method for prognostication and therapeutic decision-making. JAMA, 2000, 284:835–842.
4. Mehta SR, et al. Routine vesus Selective invasive strategies in patients with acute coronary syndromes: a collaborative metanalysis of randomised trials. JAMA, 2005, 293:2908–2917.

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